The Human Cost of Amazon Sparrow: How Automation is Impacting Warehouse Workersby@swastikaushik
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The Human Cost of Amazon Sparrow: How Automation is Impacting Warehouse Workers

by Swasti Kaushik7mDecember 29th, 2022
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With its ability to sort and deliver items at a lightning speed, the Amazon Sparrow robot has been making waves in the world of e-commerce. However, there are concerns that the use of these robots may result in the loss of jobs for human employees. While Amazon maintains that the Sparrow would replace routine jobs and free up staff to work on more difficult ones, some contend that using robots may result in fewer options for employment and lower pay for human workers. What the Amazon Sparrow will do to the workforce remains to be seen in the future.
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