RFID Will Impact Many Jobs... But In A Good Way
from the big-headline dept
If you want to make a big splash with a research report about a new technology, you talk about how many jobs people will lose. The problem, of course, is that many new technologies that impact jobs often open up new opportunities. So, it's no surprise that the headline to this article about a new study on the impact of RFID technology is ambiguous in a way to make you think that people are going to lose jobs: "RFID to affect four million jobs." Sure, that can be interpreted in many ways, but the obvious intent is to get people up in arms over jobs lost... But, instead, the details show that, for the most part, RFID should create many new, better jobs allowing people to migrate from "mundane" positions to "more value added" jobs. The headline isn't lying, but the implication is that any headline that talks about "jobs affected" will be talking about "jobs lost."
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RFID bacteria
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Re: RFID bacteria
Whats your point ?
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Valued added is a buzz word
Please just once, clue us in on what these
" value added jobs " are that we all shall be seeking.
I'm curious.
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Re: Valued added is a buzz word
But, please, how hard is it to look at the fact that RFID chips will allow for a revolution in logistics and not realize how that will create new jobs?
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Re: Valued added is a buzz word
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I absolutely agree
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What jobs exactly?
This is the point when the optimists trot out the example of ditchdiggers put out of work by steamshovels; didn't they get other jobs? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think actual studies exist. But there were any number of other low-skill jobs available at the turn of the nineteenth century. In case you hadn't noticed, those jobs by and large don't exist anymore. Or, they're being done by imported labor with a different wage standard than the one we're used to.
Walmart doesn't have any "value-added" jobs. Walmart (like every other large corporation) adds value by subtracting labor costs. All we really know is that, in the past, people have all found something else to do and get paid for it. Eventually. Of course, that was before we had ten million illegal aliens working in our country for next to nothing already, as well as global competition for any kind of "knowledge worker" job...
So you can read a completely unsupported statement about all the fine jobs waiting for these poor people if you like. Why not roll over and go back to sleep?
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