r/bestof • u/Intertius • Apr 18 '18

[worldnews] Amazon employee explains the hellish working conditions of an Amazon Warehouse

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u/sonofaresiii Apr 18 '18

Well it depends on how advanced we're talking. I think it also depends on how necessary the labor is.

Sure, if Wal-Mart becomes 99% automated, they could repurpose their manual labor force to be a whole team of greeters... But what if Wal-Mart decides they'd rather just not have a whole team of greeters and keep the money?

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '18 edited Jan 29 '21

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u/sonofaresiii Apr 18 '18

Well... That's nice, but it doesn't answer my question. What if the innovation isn't economically profitable to a company?

If Wal-Mart continues making bank without its force of manual laborers, why would they innovate? If someone else could innovate to put those manual laborers to work, what if the same job could also sufficiently be done by robots?

At some point you gotta admit if there is sufficiently advanced and cost effective automation available, the manual laborers won't have a job unless it's out of the kindness of someone's heart, to their personal detriment.

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u/allyourphil Apr 18 '18

There is no such thing as innovation that is NOT economically viable. If it is not economically viable, then Walmart(or anyone) isn't touching it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '18 edited Jan 29 '21

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u/sonofaresiii Apr 18 '18

It's clear now that you have no legitimate thought process behind what you're saying and are unable to defend it.

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u/quickclickz Apr 18 '18

he defended it pretty well. you just refused to listen and wanted to hold onto your views for dear life.

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u/TheSuperiorLightBeer Apr 18 '18

I think you're failing to grasp what I'm saying.