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re: Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots

Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:59 pm to
Posted by PeteRose
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Member since Aug 2014
17772 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 12:59 pm to
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Robots don't need over priced health insurance, PTO, maternity leave, a raise every year, bathroom breaks, racial equality, DEI.


True but you can’t back stab them to climb the corporate ladder.
Posted by Tigerfan1999
Member since Jan 2025
249 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:00 pm to
Cool, I just bought some more AMZN stock
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
18535 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:02 pm to
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Amazon has received huge tax breaks and other incentives from communities all over the country as they’ve built huge distribution warehouses and hired thousands of workers. In a few years those warehouses will be largely devoid of local workers.


And if they fire everyone the tax breaks stop, I’m sure.
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
39731 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:16 pm to
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Amazon is already one of the worst employers in the US.



done some walk thru some of amazons distribution centers. They are insanely impressive. Home Depots are pretty cool too. Amazon's work force is pretty hood but not nearly as depressed as the Foxconn faciality i used to cover.

I genuinely believe everyone that works for foxconn is one step away from suicide. They were a customer for 5 years, they had at least 10 different point of contacts because they couldn't keep decent people at operation manager
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
60855 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:22 pm to
But... but.. we need to think of the shareholders maximizing their returns!!! Plus Bezos really needs the extra money b/c he wants to fly into space and make his wife the next Bond girl! Who are we to deny that?
Posted by Nobelium
Member since May 2018
843 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:36 pm to
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Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
35661 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:38 pm to
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Amazon’s plans could have profound impact on blue-collar jobs throughout the country


I’ve been told with authority on this here site this is impossible
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
45578 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:48 pm to
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Robots don't need over priced health insurance, PTO, maternity leave, a raise every year, bathroom breaks, racial equality, DEI.


somewhere somehow there is a group of lawyers on a committee drafting up rights for robots. and they will fight for it and get paid
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
50324 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 1:51 pm to
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In March 2012, Amazon.com acquired Kiva Systems for US$775 million. At the time, this was Amazon's second-largest acquisition in its history.[9]


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As of June 2019, Amazon had more than 200,000 robots working in their warehouses.[13] Amazon now (January 2020) has more than 200K robots (they call them "drives") in their warehouses.[14][15] Cathie Wood in 2023 predicted that by 2030 Amazon warehouses will have more robots than people by adding about 1000 per day[16] should have 1M total in 2024 (next year), instead of linear predicted 800K. Newest warehouses already have more robots than people.[17] Amazon Robotics introduced the robotic tech vest in 2019


Amazon been working on this for 22 years and counting
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
Cajun Navy Vice Admiral
Member since Oct 2012
39992 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 2:03 pm to
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become a robot repairman. profit


Those are also gonna be robots baw.
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
58261 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 2:08 pm to
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Those are also gonna be robots baw.
after a while, yea.... but then you become a robot repairman robot repairman.
Posted by FredBear
Georgia
Member since Aug 2017
16718 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 2:08 pm to
What I wonder is when all these corporations replace people with robots and most people no longer have jobs, who is going to buy their products?
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
147702 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 2:09 pm to
United States will have UBI in the next decade
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
77420 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 2:13 pm to
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United States will have UBI in the next decade
How does that help? Won't prices increase to the point that ubi is basically zero?
Posted by jlovel7
NOT Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
23694 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 2:13 pm to
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think those communities would rather have job opportunities than corporate sponsored parades.


The municipal version of a pizza party!
Posted by WigSplitta22
The Bottom
Member since Apr 2014
2272 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 2:43 pm to
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I'm certain this model will continue to slowly phase humans out of it, replacing them with robots.



Good. Then Quantavious' hair won't be in my food anymore
Posted by saintsfan1977
Arkansas, from Cajun country
Member since Jun 2010
9818 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 2:49 pm to
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How does that help?
This is where eating bugs come in.
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
27886 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:00 pm to
Thats terrible.

But I voted for the billionaires.
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
9447 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:20 pm to
Automation… AI and Robotics… will kill off a lot of jobs that will never be replaced. They’ll spawn some new jobs, but not nearly enough to make up for what is going away.
Posted by HangmanPage1
Wild West
Member since Aug 2021
1996 posts
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:24 pm to
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What I wonder is when all these corporations replace people with robots and most people no longer have jobs, who is going to buy their products?
No one can ever answer that question. They cite the whaling industry or horse drawn industry and how it changed with cars and electricity. However, those were all still people, just moving from one industry to the next. This signals no work for people at all.

Will cause a collapse of society.
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