GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoWage theft remains a pervasive issue costing workers an estimated $50 billion annuallylemmy.worldimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1504arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1500arrow-down1imageWage theft remains a pervasive issue costing workers an estimated $50 billion annuallylemmy.worldGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square49fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·17 hours agoHuh. Maybe grocery stores should hire cashiers again.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoThe Aldi near me had self-serve registers for about a year, and removed them. I’ve seen and heard of other stores doing the same. It seems like human workers may have some advantage over the robots after all.
minus-square🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoSame in nearby Carrefour. A year of self service and then all manned registers again. The theft was rampant.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-215 hours agoThat would cost $51 billion. Can’t have that.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 hours agoThat only means we have to STEAL $52 billion dollars worth of inventory to make it worthwhile. Fuck Trickle Down Economics, let’s enforce Robin Hood Economics - Steal from the rich, Give to the poor.
Huh. Maybe grocery stores should hire cashiers again.
The Aldi near me had self-serve registers for about a year, and removed them. I’ve seen and heard of other stores doing the same.
It seems like human workers may have some advantage over the robots after all.
Same in nearby Carrefour. A year of self service and then all manned registers again. The theft was rampant.
That would cost $51 billion. Can’t have that.
That only means we have to STEAL $52 billion dollars worth of inventory to make it worthwhile.
Fuck Trickle Down Economics, let’s enforce Robin Hood Economics - Steal from the rich, Give to the poor.