Minimum wage hikes create 45,000 new robot jobs at Amazon

[rangerrebew]

December 31, 2016
Minimum wage hikes create 45,000 new robot jobs at Amazon
By Ed Straker

Liberals are right when they say increases in the minimum wage don't cost jobs.  Just look at Amazon.com, which has created 45,000 jobs for robots.

    The company said this week that it has 45,000 "robotic units" operating in 20 distribution centers working with people to fill and ship customer orders.

    The number is up 50 percent from the 30,000 bots that Amazon reported across 13 fulfillment centers in the third quarter of 2015. That was an increase from 15,000 bots in 10 warehouses at the end of 2014.


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[GtHawk]

Robots don't need healthcare, personal time, vacation time, family leave, maternity leave, don't call in hungover, or don't show up because they are tired. I seem to recall when we were all told how robots were going to provide everyone with extra leisure time..........appears they were right.