Amazon to automate thousands of jobs

Amazon has decided to roll out a machine, which will automate the job of boxing up customers’ orders. This machine will render thousands of workers at the warehouses of the online retail company jobless. The technology, already tried out at some warehouses, automatically scans the product coming down a conveyor belt and seconds later packs it into a custom-built package. Two machines will be installed at a dozen warehouses, which will automate 24 roles at each one of them. These facilities employ around 2000 people. The automation will cut around 1300 jobs in over 55 fulfilment centres in the US. Each machine costs $1 million dollars plus operational expenses. The Company is planning to recover the cost in two years.