Robots on the march
The robots are coming to a workplace near you VERY SOON!
American academic Vivek Wadhwa predicts that almost half the jobs in the US will be lost, 60-80 million jobs lost in the following four sectors alone being automated:
- Driving (4 million direct, 15 million indirect)
- 3D house printing (12 million)
- Warehouse - pickers, packers, stockers (5 million direct, 14 million indirect)
- Manufacturing (20 million)
The Washington Post reports that some robots already cost less to operate than the salaries of the humans they replace, and they are getting cheaper and better.
Boston Consulting Group predicts that, by 2025, the operating cost of a robot that does welding will be less than $2 per hour, for example. That’s more affordable than the $25 per hour that a human welder earns today in the U.S. and even cheaper than the pay of skilled workers in the lowest-income countries.
The march of automation (robotics) is quickening and inexorable.
Everyone should immediately develop a 5 to 10-year career plan to ensure that they are not rendered irrelevant in the coming workplace revolution. Professional career planning is a detailed, researched and living document that is an essential tool in any employee's "career survival kit".
Start today as tomorrow may be too late!
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