Where is your job going?

As I said in 2004 in my article “Your job will go too, but you can do something about it”, your job is leaving, and it is not necessarily taking you with it. So where is your job going?

  • Robots and automated systems (e.g. tel systems)
  • Illegal immigrants
  • Abroad, through offshore outsourcing

Pay attention to the words of the manage in the video:

  • productivity is twice what it is in the traditional part of the factory, safety is better, and “we think our inventory accuracy is 100%”
  • the workers is always on task. They’re really never without something to do
  • the operators compete to see who can work with (the robots)
  • 50% reduction in labour
  • defect rate 0%
  • training takes half a day, compared to 4 days training needed in the traditional part of the building
  • “enormous” energy savings (light, heating can be turned off)

July 29, 2010 · Filed Under Business, Future, Interesting tidbits, Psychology, Technology

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