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Wal-Mart has published its study for the future:
Walmart has published a wide-ranging report on how the company predicts automation will unfold across the nation.
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“The research is anchored in Walmart’s efforts to address the needs of our business, including preparing our workforce for the future.”*
Walmart is deploying automated inventory management systems, automatic self-checkout, automated mop robots, and automated product-sorting conveyor belts to its backrooms.
Could this be the future of retailing for other stores in Hilo? At the moment three of the largest non government employers on Hawaii Island in Hilo are:
#11 Wal-Mart
#47 Home Depot
#53 Target
Where will that leave their workers?
Perhaps the County should consider this report when passing new laws restricting vacation rentals, bottling plants, and the overconcerns of ill informed geothermal and/or telescope protestors.
https://gizmodo.com/worlds-largest-retai...1832606763
* translate as - laid off or retired by Wal-Mart
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Unfortunately I think you're talking apples and oranges. Your suggestion, in the short run, may offset county losses.. but would do nothing for the people doing the jobs that would be replaced. I suspect we are heading to universal basic income faster than most realize. And, yeah yeah yeah I know all those that think the answer is get off your ass and get a job will throw a sissy fit. But hey, all those low end jobs are going to go away, and the people that do them will still be here.
On top of all that I get the feeling tourism is going to drop like a led balloon as soon as everyone faces the carbon cost of those flight to and from. As soon as we have a democratic president who is willing to face the issue and sign legislation accordingly. So unless Open-d returns to tell us how I am full of sh*t I suspect VR are not going to save the day either. Other than in the short run.
Maybe agriculture will come back into vogue. We sure have the land, and the labor, and the need.
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Well...you can all do your part to forestall this Orwellian future as I do by avoiding self checkout like the plague and insisting, no matter the wait, upon human contact at the regular checkout. The job you save may be your own...
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"Where will that leave their workers?"
Probably wishing that unrealistic minimum wage laws didn't make them obsolete.
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"Where will that leave their workers?"
Probably wishing that unrealistic minimum wage laws didn't make them obsolete.
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unrealistic minimum wage laws didn't make them obsolete.
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Yes, and when $2.00 an hour doesn’t buy workers enough food for their kids to eat, pull the keiki out of school and ask the boss if they can carry their own weight and work for $1.00 an hour.
If that’s still not enough for East Hawaii residents to get by on, former minimum wage establishments can consider building corporate tiny houses nearby for workers & families, call them plantation homes, and use them as trade for actual wages, drop the pretense of a pay check entirely.
Problem solved.
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It's called progress. People shouldn't be mopping floors if robots can do it. This is good preparation for when we pass peak population.
Those who lose their job at Walmart can go work in the booming vacation rental businesses and the tourist-driven work that... oh wait.
ETA: The minimum wage is indeed a problem. It's not high enough.
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quote:
Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
unrealistic minimum wage laws didn't make them obsolete.
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B.I.N.G.O.
Yes, and when $2.00 an hour doesn’t buy workers enough food for their kids to eat, pull the keiki out of school and ask the boss if they can carry their own weight and work for $1.00 an hour.
If that’s still not enough for East Hawaii residents to get by on, former minimum wage establishments can consider building corporate tiny houses nearby for workers & families, call them plantation homes, and use them as trade for actual wages, drop the pretense of a pay check entirely.
Problem solved.
Please name these places in Hawaii that actually pay minimum wage.
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Please name these places in Hawaii that actually pay minimum wage.
Please list what someone earning less than minimum wage could purchase when they get their paycheck, after deductions. And transportation costs getting to and from work. Insurance and license for their transportation, food, work clothes. Etc...
Anything left? Anything for rent?
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Please list what someone earning less than minimum wage could purchase when they get their paycheck,
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Please list these places that pay LESS THAN minimum wage?
