Amazon plans to use automation to replace more than 600,000 workers who would otherwise be hired in the United States by 2033, according to internal documents obtained by The New York Times. By that time, the company is expected to sell about twice as many goods as it does today.

Amazon’s robotics team is reportedly working toward the goal of automating 75% of its entire business. By 2027, it is expected to eliminate around 160,000 jobs in the US, saving the company an estimated $12.6 billion — equivalent to around 30 cents per item delivered.

  • tomiant@piefed.social
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    18 hours ago

    This is great news for the army recruitment of desperate people who will fight this unjust system of modern slavery and tear down the oligarchy!

    We are all about to starve and fight.

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      3 hours ago

      fun fact, during the 08 crash, by 09 a shit ton of people trying joining the military because of the poor economic prospects(this aside from thier usual targets like poor rural red areas, or middle or lowincome pocs), and alot of them were getting rejected, because theres too many trying to join and then obama was trying to downsize the military, reducing involvement overseas. (i was following a forum that was discussing about people joining(the mods/owners have direct knowledge waiver system(medical issues, financial, criminal that would reject you or approve you). it was pretty dicey until trumps first term, he sorta reverse the trend, and people were joining again more easily(unless your condition has been in where the military have never accepted a enlistee with that condition, people still tried though), i was surprised people with previous treated/‘cured’ cancers tried to join.