Pandemic-fueled automation is gobbling up jobs, and we’ll never get them back

Pandemic-fueled automation is gobbling up jobs, and we’ll never get them back

Getty Images/Digital Trends Graphic The COVID-19 pandemic has had massive economic impacts in the United States, and one of the problems many companies have been facing as a result is how to keep business moving along without putting employees at risk of being infected. As you might expect, one of the ways many businesses are staying operational is by automating tasks that would otherwise be done by humans. Robots, after all, aren’t at risk of dying from COVID-19.

Since the pandemic began, we’ve seen efforts to automate jobs increase significantly in the food service industry , manufacturing , meatpacking , […]

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