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E-commerce Is Concentrating Jobs, Not Killing Them (axios.com)
A reader shares a report: The growing popularity of online shopping has hit traditional retailers hard, culminating in a spate of retail bankruptcies and store closures in recent years. But according to a new analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the retail apocalypse has actually created nearly as many jobs as it has killed. Though e-commerce and other non-store retailers have hired nearly as many workers as traditional retailers have cut, these new jobs are much more geographically concentrated.
See its not so bad if you look at the numbers in *just* *the* *right* way....
Nice if you already live in those areas. Not so good if you dont.
This sounds an awful lot like "corporate speak." It sounds like an HR buzzword. "Oh, we're just concentrating jobs ...." I hate articles like this that insult my intelligence and assume that I have no critical thinking skills. Well, maybe they hope that I do not have critical thinking skills. With eCommerce, there are fewer people needed as it is all about automation. In a brick and mortar store, you have salespeople. In an eCommerce setup, the salesperson is totally bypassed as you do your own shopping and check out when you want. Some stores do offer a pop-up chat where you can ask questions but this person is likely a shared commodity among several eCommerce stores. This is why sometimes the person at the other end of the chat takes some times to answer you. I don't believe this study has any merit whatsoever. What happens to all of the peripheral jobs that brick and mortar stores create? There are people that needed to maintain the spaces and service them when needed. If the store is in a mall, then the stores support the various services like security, cleaning staff, and maintenance technicians.