[gizmo385]

> They may well be right.

Huh? What does this even mean? Are you honestly claiming that humans can't work without something standing over their shoulder the entire time?

[twosdai]

I read this as it being not that people are incapable. But at scale it's hard to track accidents, so tech needs to be used otherwise it's impossible. To do so at scale inside of a warehouse like Amazon's

[rakoo]

This tech is absolutely not about accidents, it's about making sure workers spend every single second of their time producing revenue and not talking to each other, going to the toilet, having a break, discussing their shitty working conditions, that kind of stuff.

[onetwotest]

You must not have worked around warehouse workers. They can, but they won't consistently do it to a speed and quality acceptable to Amazon without some oversight. Maybe French workers are unicorns, but this definitely provides the US customer with a lower price.

[iamacyborg]

Is this just a warehouse worker thing or are you also incapable of working efficiently without being spied on?

[hn_go_brrrrr]

Many people won't follow the rules unless they know there are consequences for not doing so. Oversight plays a key part of that.

[0x457]

Let's just say that people working there don't have many options.

[ApolloFortyNine]

Some can't, saying otherwise is just being naive.