The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 22 hours agoWe're being short-sightedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1827arrow-down113
arrow-up1814arrow-down1imageWe're being short-sightedlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 22 hours agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squareDogWater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoThat’s true until it isn’t. Automation is on its way. Marching ever onward. The factory I work in built a new building this year that employs 1/4 of the workers as the next newest one and does 2.5x the output.
minus-squareGenosseFlosse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 hours agoYou still need loaders, drivers, retailers to get anything to the customer. A lot of rich ski and holiday towns can’t staff the stores and Cafe’s, because the employees can’t afford to pay rent in the same towns, so they face a similar issue…
That’s true until it isn’t. Automation is on its way. Marching ever onward.
The factory I work in built a new building this year that employs 1/4 of the workers as the next newest one and does 2.5x the output.
You still need loaders, drivers, retailers to get anything to the customer. A lot of rich ski and holiday towns can’t staff the stores and Cafe’s, because the employees can’t afford to pay rent in the same towns, so they face a similar issue…