Amazon or otherwise, DC jobs are typically challenging positions
While the troubles and frustrations of Amazon warehouse workers are often highlighted in the headlines, a challenging distribution center job is an industry norm. Compulsory overtime during peak season, long shifts, sore muscles, and exhaustion are just a few of the commonplace complaints that hardly discriminate among employers of warehousing.
Distribution Center workers have valid concerns and complaints about the job - so what can an employer do to elevate some of these problems? Robotics seems to be the direction more warehousing is leaning toward - incorporating new technology in the DCS that will assist human workers with some of the more taxing operations.
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