Re: In this respect it is the perfect poster-boy for Free Market Capitalism
"Order points are already reducing the staff requirement for many places. Online has made a massive shift from customer service to warehouse worker. The internet has replaced skilled knowledge. It would be harder to replace low wage labour if they stay that way. But with people pushing for unrealistic minimum wages and such the worker is pricing themselves out of the market."
They seem unrealistic until you figure in the Cost of Living. If you have to work two or three jobs without a day off and STILL can't pay the bills even for a Spartan living, the system is stretching to the breaking point.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
