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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
A recent study on j obs vulnerable to automation is sobering. Accountants? 98 per cent chance many jobs in the field will be replaced by automated systems in the next 10-20 years. Civil engineering technologists? 75 per cent. Construction estimators? 57 per cent. Medical laboratory technologists? 90 per cent.
I can't bring myself to support keeping inefficient industries and practices alive. But we shouldn't kid ourselves about where this is headed. In 20 years we will only need the labour of maybe 1/3 of the people in Canada. What's everyone else going to do? And how will they pay their bills? |
it's really easy to get a nice comfortable job with decent pay and wages and a pension. hell, its what i have now. but you cant just get there and think 'ok, now everyone else needs to make less to keep costs down everywhere'. globalization, automation, and the race to the bottom in our own country makes me really fear for what kind of world my son will grow up in. where will jobs be? god its scary to think about. and this isnt being dramatic, look at the way salaries and wages have stagnated for decades while inflation keeps going up.
for every story about wanting to get rid of canada post, or, calgary transit workers, or you name it... just consider the tabulated cost of that over decades. lets just lay everyone off and we can all work, where? walmart? everyone is so quick to say "that job doesnt need to exist or pay that much" because its not your job, its not your livelihood. well eventually, as many calgarians have come to experience since the oil slump, bad luck comes to your door. your office is closed because we can open a call centre in manilla and pay them 2 dollars an hour +rice (legit pay out structure for an employer i wont mention). or maybe your plant is closing and moving to mexico. maybe we will just lay off the whole accounting staff and contract it out, so they can hire temps who make minimum wage.
its time people started standing up for everyones jobs because one day it WILL be your job or the job of a loved one and you will want that support to.