Walmart says automating its warehouses will actually give workers longer careers

Walmart says automating its warehouses will actually give workers longer careers

Warehouse work is physically taxing , with employees moving thousands of pounds per day.

As Walmart automates distribution centers, new robots and forklifts are lightening the load.

CFO John David Rainey says Walmart’s labor-saving automation may add a decade to workers’ careers. Warehouse work is one of the most physically taxing jobs in the digital age.That intensity has been well documented at Amazon , and now increasingly at Walmart as the world’s largest retailer beefs up its e-commerce operation."So you take a distribution center today, one of our associates is walking up to 10 miles a […]

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