Lots of staff reductions and company reorganising going on in the retail sector after the recent increases to the minimum wage.
Paul's place are going through a company wide reorganisation mainly aimed at assistant manager/supervisor level where some shops have more than needed to cover shift patterns.
Likewise Max Spielmanm/Thimpsons are no longer replacing staff that leave and increasing the weekly turnover targets before extra staff are recruited.
Morrisons are also going through similar where less staff are expected to do more work to cover for those let go.
I wonder how long it'll be before robots fully staff retail establishments?
I watched that Greg Wallace bloke doing that program where he visits a factory to show how things are produced from start to finish.this one was a mcvities biscuit factory showing how the chocolate digestives were made etc.
From the start of the process as it went along there was less and less people involved and it was all high tech machines and computerised tech doing it with the odd person here and there to tweak things and keep an eye on stuff .and at the packing process there was no humans ,it was all robots packing stacking them ,taking them away .
It must have cost millions to set up but in the long run it pays for itself over and over.
No holiday pay ,no sickness pay ,unions to deal with over pay negotiations ,absenteeism to deal with ,staff recruitment,all dealt with .a work force 24 -7 ,365 days of the year hassle free and just a small work force to service and look after the process.
It’s a bosses dream but it’s very worrying what the future holds for the labour market as more companies that used to provide employment for hundreds or thousands take this route .