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Originally Posted by Vermilion Villager
Did it ever dawn on you these companies are doing this because they can't find workers? Companies like UPS get it and are doing everything to keep the workers they do have happy. From UPS:
ATLANTA – UPS (NYSE: UPS) has a long history of driving innovations that propel its business and bring industry-leading solutions to logistics. Today the company announced ways it is strengthening its network capabilities and enhancing employee experience through automation. UPS is leveraging technology to help reduce repetitive tasks and physical stress while promoting safety for the company’s employees. The technologies will also improve package flow and overall efficiency of the UPS network.
Hate to break it to you all but it's not the 1980s anymore where there were 15 people for every job.
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He didn't say the UPS store was automated, he said it was self-serve. Kind of like the Walmart checkout - there is still a person doing the same motions and using the same scanner, but now that person is you.
Sure, I can type, print, and attach my own label to a box that I had to assemble, tape, fill, and add packing to and then put the box in an outgoing bin. There's no reason I can't do all that and there is some value to having all the materials in the same place but I am certainly getting less value for my money.