Earlier in the summer, Walmart tested the automated cash-counting process in around 500 of its almost 6,400 stores. Bookkeeping will move from back offices of individual stores to a centralized location at the Walmart headquarters.
Employees Loved the Jobs
Employees offered their opinions of the current positions to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported on the decision:
Cashiers and Truck Drivers Are Also on the Automation Chopping Block
MacDonald’s upcoming automation attempts are another example of the shift in manual labor jobs. As the former McDonald’s USA CEO Ed Rensi stated in an interview on the FOX Business Network’s Mornings with Maria: […] “Right now I’m getting my resume together,” said one Wal-Mart employee who works in invoicing earning about $15 an hour. After almost 21 years with the company the employee said she isn’t interested in moving back out to the store floor.’ While Rensi attempted to tie automation to workers’ attempts to raise minimum wage to $15, it’s clear that automation will happen regardless: As soon as it becomes financially feasible, it will be instated. Self-driving cars will similarly remove “truck driver” as a possible career path across America, where it has remained a stable job for decades. Automation, in every form, is coming for low wage jobs. Image: Wikimedia
