Whither "aUtOmAtIoN wIll rEpLaCe gReEdY wOrKeRs"?

[LV426]

So I see a lot of news stories about certain businesses lamenting their inability to hire any workers for shit wages.

So why aren't they automating like we've been told over and over by Conservatives and BoThSidErIStS who threatened to replace workers who want $15/hr with robots?

Where are these things?



So I guess that was just hollow fuckin' bullshit, huh?

[T. A. Gardner]

Automation will replace overpaid workers. If the work you do is more valuable than the pay you receive for doing it, then there is no need to automate. On the other hand, if the work you do adds little value to the end product or service and you get paid a lot, then automation is inevitable.

What they really need to do is automate the job lawyers do since they make way more than they're worth...

As for automation... That takes time and money to implement. Also, many businesses right now can't get workers for the things that can't be automated yet.

[LV426]

Automation will replace overpaid workers.

Will they? Because this pandemic was the big chance for those businesses to replace their workers with robots who couldn't catch coronavirus.

Yet none of them did.

Weird.

[LV426]

If the work you do is more valuable than the pay you receive for doing it, then there is no need to automate. On the other hand, if the work you do adds little value to the end product or service and you get paid a lot, then automation is inevitable.

Nope. You're completely wrong.

This pandemic has shown us exactly how hollow this automation threat actually is.

You all had 17 months to implement it, and you didn't.

So you were full of shit this whole time.

[LV426]

What they really need to do is automate the job lawyers do since they make way more than they're worth

Sounds like someone went through a divorce thinking they didn't need an attorney and ended up getting housed because representing yourself only showed the judge why the divorce was necessary in the first place, and why your partner got more from you than you thought was fair.

[LV426]

As for automation... That takes time and money to implement. Also, many businesses right now can't get workers for the things that can't be automated yet.

LMAO!

I bet I can find articles from 10 years ago threatening this automation.

Hell, I bet I can find articles from 20 years ago threatening this automation.

Well, you had nearly 17 months to implement it, PLUS the 10+ years you've been threatening to implement it, but you didn't and neither did the businesses who made the threats.

That's because y'all were entirely full of shit.

[/MSG/]

Will they? Because this pandemic was the big chance for those businesses to replace their workers with robots who couldn't catch coronavirus.

Yet none of them did.

Weird.

There's a global electronics shortage because they're all made in Bugistan.

[LV426]

There's a global electronics shortage because they're all made in Bugistan.

There's been a global electronics shortage for 10+ years?

Because that's at least how long we've had these hollow threats.

I don't understand why businesses didn't just automate the moment the pandemic started, if they were sincere in their threats?

It would appear that those automation threats weren't sincere, were they?

And that the people making those threats were completely full of shit, right?

[/MSG/]

There's been a global electronics shortage for 10+ years?

Because that's at least how long we've had these hollow threats.

I don't understand why businesses didn't just automate the moment the pandemic started, if they were sincere in their threats?

It would appear that those automation threats weren't sincere, were they?

And that the people making those threats were completely full of shit, right?

Have you ever built a work bench or a stool?

[LV426]

Have you ever built a work bench or a stool?

Let's stay on topic...we've had this pandemic for 17 months, and we've had stay-at-home and social distancing for 15 months.

That's plenty of time to order, assemble, and install robots to work in place of human workers who can contract COVID.

Yet, none of that happened.

So that would mean all those threats were bullshit, right?

If we've always been **thisclose** to automating these jobs because of the demand for higher wages, then why didn't they just fire their workers and replace them with robots starting in March 2020 when the pandemic got going?

We were led to believe that the automation was right around the corner. Well, this pandemic was the big opportunity to automate a lot of jobs, but that didn't happen. Why? Obviously because the automation threat was bullshit intended to prevent a MW increase.

[Geeko Sportivo]

Robotics are a great idea.

PROBLEM IS, AMERICA IS FALLING WAY BEHIND PAC RIM and EURO COUNTRIES IN ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY.

The United States lags behind other countries in readiness for an increasingly automated world, placing ninth on a ranking of 25 advanced economies, according to a new report from Swiss technology giant ABB.

South Korea, Singapore, Germany and Canada are better prepared for the rise of machines, thanks largely to their education systems and labor policies, the authors of the Automation Readiness Index concluded.

Researchers graded the nations on three main categories: their innovation environment, which included money spent on research and development; school policies, from early curriculums to lifelong learning programs, and public workforce development, such as government-led efforts to retrain workers.

No country is “genuinely ready” for the technological shift that is expected to displace millions of workers worldwide in the next three decades, they found — but the United States is especially underprepared for the jobs of the future.

BIDEN WILL GET US BACK ON TRACK WITH PREPARING WORKERS FOR JOBS OF THE FUTURE!

[Grokmaster]

So I see a lot of news stories about certain businesses lamenting their inability to hire any workers for shit wages.

So why aren't they automating like we've been told over and over by Conservatives and BoThSidErIStS who threatened to replace workers who want $15/hr with robots?

Where are these things?



So I guess that was just hollow fuckin' bullshit, huh?

FLIPPING BURGERS IS NOT A $15 PER HOUR SKILL...NOR IS TAKING ORDERS.

[LV426]

FLIPPING BURGERS IS NOT A $15 PER HOUR SKILL...NOR IS TAKING ORDERS.

If you think it's overpaying for the skill, then why don't you quit your job and flip burgers for $15/hr instead, if you think it's so easy?

[Grokmaster]

If you think it's overpaying for the skill, then why don't you quit your job and flip burgers for $15/hr instead, if you think it's so easy?

WHAT A DUMBFUCK RESPONSE.

I'm not a high school student, who traditionally fill these entry-level jobs.

I have worked to earn pricier skills, in numerous fields....

[LV426]

WHAT A DUMBFUCK RESPONSE.

You're the dumbfuck here who is busting your ass on a job that doesn't pay much more than one that would pay you $15/hr to flip burgers, which you think is so much easier than whatever fucking shit job you have right now.