Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
Erm, why do we want manpower cut? As I said earlier, have shops dramatically dropped prices because of automation? Have they shite!
We want to cut man power because automation reduces costs, robots are cheaper and more reliable than human Labour. There's an endless list of jobs that need doing in society, we're wasting man power on checkouts, in factories etc.
What would be cheaper? A hand made jumper or one made in a factory with machine? Same with how cars are made.
As i've said, from my experience we have some of the cheapest supermarket prices in Europe. It's a very competitive sector. Prices wouldn't drop dramatically because we have so many variables like inflation. It's more likely that prices wouldn't increase as fast thanks to automation.