Amazon is planning to replace more than half a million jobs in the US with robots , according to a new report.

Warehouse automation will enable the e-commerce giant to avoid hiring over 600,000 people in the coming years, executives told Amazon’s board in 2024, according to the New York Times .

That’s even though the company reportedly expects to sell twice as many products by 2033. 5

The shift from human to robot is expected to unfold over the coming years, according to Tuesday’s article.

Amazon plans to avoid hiring over 160,000 US workers by 2027 – saving the company about 30 cents on each item it ships — the report stated. Hundreds of thousands of additional roles will be automated by 2033.

Ultimately, the firm’s robotics team is looking to automate 75% of operations, acc

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