China : Foxconn (Makes Apples Phones) 60,000 workers Fired due to Robots

[arista]

60,000 China Workers Fired
now replaced by Hi Tech Robots.


That is a great deal of workers


Foxconn also make Samsung phones


Ref : BBC Business news

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36376966


I know thats a massive amount of workers
but I am still Pro Robot.
I mean none of these Robots will jump off the roof.


http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/10139/production/_89794856_foxconnfactory.gif
Sorry lady
your replacement does not need bog breaks

[lostalex]

it's about damn time. I'm pretty sure a Chinese person spit in my iPhone.

[Kizzy]

That's the way industrialisation goes, past or present :/

[alex_front2]

The only jobs that will be safe are some kf those that rely on human interventions eg creativity

[Kizzy]

The only jobs that will be safe are some kf those that rely on human interventions eg creativity

And care, unless there's a machine that wipes arses? I haven't seen one.

[lostalex]

And care, unless there's a machine that wipes arses? I haven't seen one.

it's called a bidet. toto makes some fancy toilets with a built in bidet even.

[Kizzy]

it's called a bidet. toto makes some fancy toilets with a built in bidet even.

Is there a machine that carries and places the disabled or infants on the bidet?

[lostalex]

Is there a machine that carries and places the disabled or infants on the bidet?

no