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| 'He doesn't ask for a raise': Cash-strapped factories are renting ROBOTS to take over human jobs for as little as $10 an hour because they can't afford increased wage demands |
| 2021-08-27 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #10 Industrial Maintenance Mechanic. 12-18 month course Starts around $20/hour School, of course, is pushing College hard at daughter, who may be more interested in a more hands-on career. I suggested this as an alternative. With an increase in demand, and never hearing a student say, "When I grow up I want to maintain robots!" could make a good trade out of it. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-08-27 17:25 |
| #9 Yeah, but wait'll they guy who maintains the robot wants a raise. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-08-27 17:04 |
| #7 CEO's remain untouched but rather receive big pay or benefit increases. |
| Posted by: Dale 2021-08-27 14:37 |
| #6 More importantly, robots are note woke. |
| Posted by: Speng Snaviting6874 2021-08-27 10:59 |
| #5 Last time I heard the government overhead (workmen's comp, unemployment insurance, etc.) was a 27% "hidden tax" on laborer's salary. It adds up fast. |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-08-27 10:22 |
| #4 Unions are looking at how they can get a cut, and expect some sort of "robot FICA tax," similar to the mileage taxes being discussed for electric cars. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-27 08:23 |
| #3 Polar pays less than $10 an hour for a robot from Formic, whereas a human worker makes more than $20 per hour for the same work. He also doesn't have to pay workers comp, unemployment, or social security taxes for the robot. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-08-27 06:08 |
| #2 Minimum wage in action? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB 2021-08-27 04:02 |
| #1 These Robots Can Do Much |
| Posted by: Rupert Ebbaick8516 2021-08-27 03:18 |