{"id":2063,"date":"2021-07-05T17:57:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T15:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/05\/welcome-to-dystopia-getting-fired-from-your-job-as-an-amazon-worker-by-an-app-jessa-crispin\/"},"modified":"2021-07-05T17:57:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T15:57:06","slug":"welcome-to-dystopia-getting-fired-from-your-job-as-an-amazon-worker-by-an-app-jessa-crispin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/05\/welcome-to-dystopia-getting-fired-from-your-job-as-an-amazon-worker-by-an-app-jessa-crispin\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to dystopia: getting fired from your job as an Amazon worker by an app | Jessa Crispin"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the most boring possible Terminator sequel – the robots are here to text you snidely that you won\u2019t need to come into work ever again<\/p>\n

We were initially anxious about the introduction of robots into our workforce because of the potential disappearance of manual labor jobs. Robots would take over factories, we were told, they\u2019d drive our cars and trucks, and they would do all of the cleaning that janitorial and domestic workers are currently hired to do. But it turns out auto-pilots drive cars<\/a> about as well as my cat when he\u2019s drunk, and the way my friend\u2019s Roomba always gets lost under the kitchen table, spinning uselessly, unable to find his way out, suggests we\u2019ll still need people with brooms for a while now.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/span>Stressed-out Amazon workers can now access \u2018mindfulness\u2019 training. Gee, thanks | Jessa Crispin<\/a> <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the most boring possible Terminator sequel – the robots are here to text you snidely that you won\u2019t need to come into work ever again
\nWe were initially anxious about the introduction of robots into our workforce because of the potential disappearance of manual labor jobs. Robots would take over factories, we were told, they\u2019d drive our cars and trucks, and they would do all of the cleaning that janitorial and domestic workers are currently hired to do. But it turns out auto-pilots drive cars about as well as my cat when he\u2019s drunk, and the way my friend\u2019s Roomba always gets lost under the kitchen table, spinning uselessly, unable to find his way out, suggests we\u2019ll still need people with brooms for a while now.
\n Related: Stressed-out Amazon workers can now access \u2018mindfulness\u2019 training. Gee, thanks | Jessa Crispin Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the most boring possible Terminator sequel – the robots are here to text you snidely that you won\u2019t need to come into work ever again We were initially anxious about the introduction of robots into our workforce because of the potential disappearance of manual labor jobs. Robots would take over factories, we were …<\/p>\n

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