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https://gizmodo.com/amazon-to-roll-out-automated-packing-machines-offers-1834716594

 

Summary:

  • Machine will eliminate 1,300 jobs
  • Amazon will create program to help these people "start up" Amazon-delivery businesses with $10,000
  • These new delivery people must use the start-up funds to purchase Amazon-branded gear from the company store
  • People lucky enough to receive these funds and deliver goods will no longer fall under Amazon's benefits or minimum wage policy

 

 

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Amazon is the new Wal-Mart. Very nearly essential to the lives of a significant portion of the population. Absolutely atrocious business practices. 

 

 

Fuck them. I believe it will be extremely difficult find a way around them as a consumer. 

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4 minutes ago, CayceG said:

Fuck them. I believe it will be extremely difficult find a way around them as a consumer. 

 

It already is.

 

I needed to buy a new duct for my portable A/C...Local Busy Beaver didn't have any, Home Depot didn't have any, LG website was devoid of any information about ordering replacement parts; took me 45 seconds on Amazon to find the right sized duct for only $13.

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Does anybody know what these independent Amazon delivery people make on average? I’ve noticed a massive increase in the number of randos in their beater cars delivering my Amazon stuff. Between our personal and business needs, I get Amazon packages 7 days a week.

 

I ask because I’ve noticed almost everybody doing it is not a native English speaker which makes me assume (even beyond it being an amazon job) that the wages are pretty poor.

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There are a lot of reasons to hate Amazon, but this isn't one of them. How many jobs are being lost to automation? This is just another drop in that bucket and there really isn't anything that can be reasonably done to stop it.

 

Their replacement job plan is rather patronizing, though. Also, it's wild how vertically integrated Amazon is. Their robotics are industry leading in this space and they're all developed in house.

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2 hours ago, CayceG said:

Amazon is the new Wal-Mart. Very nearly essential to the lives of a significant portion of the population. Absolutely atrocious business practices. 

 

 

Fuck them. I believe it will be extremely difficult find a way around them as a consumer. 

 

Dat one day shipping doe

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1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said:

I'd like to see how this thing packs. Can it be as discerning as a human when it comes to fragile items and such?

 

given the shape some of the packages I'd received, humans aren't all that discerning when it comes to packaging.

 

As for automation replacing people in this realm, it's a product of Amazon's success. People want there stuff and they want it NOW and I have no doubt the machines they install for this will be faster than the people they are replacing, not to mention they'll work 24/7 with no breaks. 

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3 hours ago, sblfilms said:

Does anybody know what these independent Amazon delivery people make on average? I’ve noticed a massive increase in the number of randos in their beater cars delivering my Amazon stuff. Between our personal and business needs, I get Amazon packages 7 days a week.

 

I ask because I’ve noticed almost everybody doing it is not a native English speaker which makes me assume (even beyond it being an amazon job) that the wages are pretty poor.

We have a guy that is always delivering stuff in a rented uhaul truck. 

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54 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said:

 

given the shape some of the packages I'd received, humans aren't all that discerning when it comes to packaging.

 

As for automation replacing people in this realm, it's a product of Amazon's success. People want there stuff and they want it NOW and I have no doubt the machines they install for this will be faster than the people they are replacing, not to mention they'll work 24/7 with no breaks. 

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The new machines can reportedly pack boxes 4 to 5 times faster than a human.

 

5 hours ago, CayceG said:

Amazon is the new Wal-Mart. Very nearly essential to the lives of a significant portion of the population. Absolutely atrocious business practices. 

 

 

Fuck them. I believe it will be extremely difficult find a way around them as a consumer. 

What atrocious business practices?

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