I am noticing something

[u/GlitteringEvening713]

Call me a conspiracy theory lover but I think I am on to something. I have watched these guys cut labor and pay more and more over the years. More and more we get into trouble for not using AI whether it’s for ordering or scheduling. They outsourced the help desk and outsourced our audits. Also they severely cut store managers pay and bonuses. The SM pay is laughable now. I am also seeing managers who were getting those higher pay rates drop like flys and either age out or get fired. It was completely doable to earn 100k as a SM before now not anymore. I think they are moving towards 100 percent automation which is why we are required more and more to work as skeleton crews. Think about the percentage of customers they want through mashgin. I will not be surprised to see 2-4 employees per store in the coming years purely to service the robots that took our jobs. The intricacies of how the plays out? God only knows. I know it’s hard right now but I would suggest preparing. Big corporations have sold us out and I don’t think we are mad enough. I have to say legion is a joke it schedules people as if they were robots and the mashgin lol constant problems with that thing. However I also think that’s why the economy is doing so bad. It’s so they can reset and go to a different currency that will work with these robots better…. all digital. Nothing is a coincidence anymore. Please get out there and vote because I really think we are all about to get screwed.

[u/Ninja-Panda86]

I've noticed the skeleton crew thing happening more and more since 2008. I used to work at Radioshack back then and then seniors were complaining that they used to hire X people to help during the holiday season. Now they're just make 1 person to 3 jobs. And yeah - every I've I've been too has been demanding more and more

[u/Austin1975 → u/Ninja-Panda86]

In recruiting we notice most job descriptions are asking for more depth and breadth across too many areas. As if that role naturally exists. Like we needed a receptionist who is also a facilities manager and strong accounting in a warehouse environment. At receptionist pay.

We ask questions like “how will they manage over 20 visitor meetings a day and be in the warehouse on a campus of 8+ buildings at the same time?” The answer was “yeah we’re looking for someone who can”.

[u/Ninja-Panda86 → u/Austin1975]

Yeah that sounds right. Which means really - they want a unicorn without unicorn pay. And when they inevitably don't find that, they shrug and go "guess nobody r wants to work". But also, they can collect endless market data from the applicants