Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/02/02/amazon-patent-could-lead-to-do.html
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So is that really that much of a problem?
Have I been working at the wrong employers all this time?
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So what you’re saying is that they’re sacrificing their employees’ fulfillment for that of their orders.
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So, Amazon has some serious workplace issues that I think are covered, but I still think there’s some good being done here. Having a system that helps provide feedback like this in a workplace is probably a general net good. Having done warehouse work anything that helps with the constant scanning/etc probably is a fatigue reducer.
Edit: also, I can’t imagine that they would want employees wearing these into bathrooms/etc. Like most equipment like this already in use (scanners/etc), it probably would get taken off around water.
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The bracelets vibrate you say… ?
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Could it let the boss know that you were scrolling through Twitter while you had your morning glory… or doing other bathroom things?
No need to worry about that – the fulfillment centers confiscate employees’ smartphones when they come into work in the morning.
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There’s a trick Steve Bannon taught me that gets around this little “hand movement” problem. All I need is a locked toilet stall, a little time, and some mouthwash for afterwards.
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Hard to say. I can’t imagine, but then I’ve never worked in a warehouse.
Also, I suspect the wearables won’t bother these people one bit. If you’re already wanking it at work, with the possibility your coworkers find out, how this going to change?
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Yes, but this story does not have a happy ending.
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Maybe this app will prove Bezos’ member is up employee’s backsides…
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The thought had, of course, occurred to me when I first read of this in the news
Why invest in robots when you can turn cheap employees into robots instead?
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Backwards into the future.
Rather than humans wearing waldos on their hands to direct machines, it’s humans wearing brackets to let machines direct their hands.
I guess that’ll last while people are still cheaper than Atlas robots.
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Time to build up that ambidexterity unless they are going to force two bracelets, one per wrist. Well, no ankle bracelets yet at Amazon, so, Flexibility FTW!
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Anybody have the link for Manna?
“I became part of this team, not because of the pay, not because of the pension, but frankly… the wanking”:
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the bracelet would vibrate to indicate where to move their hands
…and the shock collar kicks in if their hands don’t move fast enough.
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Didn’t read the whole thing - where does it say they will have to wear these devices on BOTH wrists?
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