As Amazon -store employees have unionized And fought For better salaries and working conditions, they were also looking more and more watching their co -workers in the line to become robots. According to recent Report of The Wall Street JournalThe e-commerce giant has officially deployed more than a million robots in warehouse facilities and executive centers. On the contrary, the company currently hires more than 1.56 million people, most of whom work in the same facilities.
So far, Amazon’s robots have been more of the workflow instead of packed people-substitutes-kvankam Report last month Indicated that the company starts a tool with humanoid robots for things like deliveries. But the company certainly reduces human work while crawling its “productivity.” For WSJAmazon descends to 670 people per facility, the lowest digit it was in almost two decades. Meanwhile, about 75% of deliveries are now affected at some time by bots, and the number of packages shipped by an employee in a facility increased from 175 in 2015 to 3,870.
You would think, theoretically, that the scope of robotics would improve life for employees who should see the burden set on them less than automatic steps to help the heavy lifting. That was not exactly manifested in any of the data. A Study Conducted by the Center for Urban Economic Development of the University of Illinois found that 41% of Amazon warehouse workers suffered an injury on the post and almost seven out of 10 did not pay time to recover. The administrative security and health administration of the US Department of Labor also has Found That Amazon facilities regularly do not keep workers safe and exhibit them to high risk conditions.
Rather than relieving warehouse workers from their stress, it seems that the long -term plan is instead simply relieving them of duty. Last month, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sent a letter to employees Speaking of the integration of AI and automation through the company’s workforce and said the company will ultimately “need fewer people doing some work today.” Instead of improving the conditions and quality of work, it seems that Amazon will simply remove people from them completely – as well as from their salary.
In addition to the humanoid robots the company plays, WSJ reported That Amazon tests a few different robots in their innovative laboratories, including integrating AI into the machines so they can do things like responding to voice commands. Who will still have a voice for them to listen? Be determined.
