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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Has nothing to do with minimum wage, since the employees that these robots replace, are paid MORE than minimum wage to start with. In addition, someone has to make those robots. Someone has to write the programs for them, and update the programs as the needs of each store changes. Someone has to deliver them. Someone has to repair them. Someone has to do periodic maintenance on them. Someone has to run the company that manufactures them, and they need sales people to convince store companies to buy or lease them. And I can guarantee that NONE of the people doing any of these things is being paid minimum wage.
What is happening, is there's a whole new genre of skilled employees who work in robotics. A great career opportunity for someone who doesn't want to be stuck counting boxes of cereal on a shelf for the rest of their lives.
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Everything said other than the repair and maintenance costs are paid through the initial investment by purchasing the equipment. As far as wages are concerned, if the store had to pay a fee equal to what minimum wage is just to have and run the equipment, they probably wouldn't buy the equipment. So, wages definitely matter in these changing times.