Amazon warehouses are more automated than ever. The company, a key bellwether for the U.S. labor market, now has over a million robots packing and shipping goods in its fulfillment centers. While some employees are finding ways to transition into higher-paying technical roles that manage the robots, the company’s CEO Andy Jassy has said it plans to cut the size of its overall workforce. Sebastian Herrera explains Amazon’s vision for the warehouse of the future. Jessica Mendoza hosts.
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Johann Peter Murmann is a professor of strategic management at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and editor of economic-evolution.net and has published widely technological and economic evolution. For more information, visit Professor-Murmann.net.