April 16, 2021 -
Insider Intelligence
Bezos’s call for automated staffing schedules to reduce injuries fails to address employee concerns
Emerging tech and automation have yielded mixed results for workers, according to a 2019 report from UC Berkeley’s Labor Center. The report claims new technologies can help reduce monotonous and physically strenuous activity, but also warns it could also negatively affect workers’ health, safety, and morale, ultimately accelerating worker turnover.