American workers are locked into their homes, avoiding contact with anyone and everything touched by others. In the workplace, there is a solution that addresses both problems simultaneously: new colleagues immune to pandemics and ready to replace American workers. This has implications in particular for two industry groups that have come into focus recently: essential industries, including large parts of the manufacturing supply chain, and industries with direct customer contact, also called high-touch industries. Read More...
One nasty side effect of coronavirus: Robots will take our jobs at an even faster rate
American workers are locked into their homes, avoiding contact with anyone and everything touched by others. In the workplace, there is a solution that addresses both problems simultaneously: new colleagues immune to pandemics and ready to replace American workers. This has implications in particular for two industry groups that have come into focus recently: essential industries, including large parts of the manufacturing supply chain, and industries with direct customer contact, also called high-touch industries.
