Local delivery drivers and truckers are not the only ones this sort of automated control is affecting. A majority of low-skill labor is coming under increasing techno-management. It’s not a positive development for the workers involved.
Some more automation is going to start taking over a couple of jobs that were fairly hand labor intricate after a lot of development.
The transition should be graceful as most of the operators are closing in on retirement.
“A majority of low-skill labor is coming under increasing techno-management.”
Yes, we are quickly moving to a world where your boss is an app. It affects not just grunt workers as well.
If you are one of the tens of thousands of Americans who now have a full time job making YouTube videos or Twitch streams, your livelihood is entirely dependent on optimizing for the algorithm.