Inside Amazon

The Times is back with another tough story about Amazon.

It's amazing how the Post got beaten on this. I guess if you quit the LVJR on principle, you don't need to send your resume to the Post.

It's also going to be fun when the Post runs their big Trump story (50 reports are working on it!), and Trump tracks Bezos.

 

Can you imagine having to wear something like this, or if Amazon tries to make their wharehouse workers wear them?

 

The nudging if you do something wrong is next level creepy. But companies have had the ability to track employee movements via RFID name badges for years now.

 

The wrist device could — theoretically — track hand movements, that would show how efficient someone was working, not just where they are, which takes it to another level.

It’s almost like tracking the mechanics of a pitcher, or a golfer. You could make improvements where you see flaws.

 

This stuff isn’t at all new.

 

Place my wife works isn't quite as high-tech.

They moved her from one department to another one day, and when she asked why she was put over there, she was told, "Because I wanted the two people working next to you to see how quickly the job can be done."

 

Stop critiquing every post I make!

Members of the posse are supposed to dole likes. Stop playing professor and leave the criticism to those outside the circle of trust, damn it.

 

Railroads already use inward facing camera systems for locomotive cabs, and systems that analyze an engineer's every move, to detect distraction, and if you took your eyes off the tracks long enough to open a pack of gum.

 

What do you expect when you work for $2 an hour?

 

It's been at least 10 years ... it was back when my classrooms actually had VCRs ... that I'd show a several-years-old video showing, among other things, automotive mirrors (side mirrors, actually) being assembled. To facilitate the JIT production schedule being followed by the auto manufacturer customer, the various mirror configurations were made using mixed-model scheduling (this mirror might have options A, C and D, but the next one might have options B and C only, etc.). Wristbands tracked which bins of components the worker would reach into, and beep loudly if the worker reached into the wrong one (as per the schedule for this particular mirror being assembled). Fascinating stuff.