"Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, has opened the first of its four new next-generation fulfillment centers to bolster its distribution network to compete with e-commerce juggernaut Amazon."
https://www.costar.com/article/1975310193/walmart-deploys-robotics-to-compete-with-amazon-in-first-of-new-fulfillment-centers
My local Costco has just finished doing interviews with 500 candidates out of a total of 5000 applications. There were 90 individuals hired. Beginning salary of $19.50, full benefits after 90 days, and a 401k match of $0.50 to $1.00 after six months of employment.
I cant believe it, say its not so walmart. what of the policy for CTR, woke, pronouns, traans, LGBT, BLM ? Is walmart actually going to replace these fine upstanding associates with robots ? A machine prefered over a human , there goes you respect for the individual.
A fulfillment center is a perfect test. It’ll probably be just fine. No whining associates, no calling in, no mouthy back talk, no attitude, will do what you tell them….. it’s probably going to be fine.
Opportunity for a new website.
OutdatedRobotslayoff.com
And so it begins…..robots replace associates. Who wouldaaa thunk??
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"Beep. Does not compute"
More on the robots...
https://www.inboundlogistics.com/articles/robots-walmart-advances-amazon-retreats/
https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2022/10/27/walmart-makes-brain-corp-the-worlds-largest-supplier-of-inventory-scanning-robots/55342/
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/walmart-snack-robots/
https://www.the-sun.com/news/6544876/walmart-shoppers-basic-service-missing-snack-robots/