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Changes in the Workplace
Deanna Weihs & Kopi Majara
Job Decline
• Bank tellers• Switchboard operators• Trading Floor Messengers• Film processors • Sales clerks
Job Rise
• Sewing Machines – clothes prices dropped – more demand – thousands of new jobs
• WWW created 100,000 new jobs in 1996
• Chip industry• Jobs other than sales clerk in
retail stores• New technology = new jobs
More or Less Jobs with Technology?
• Mass unemployment?
• 1993 – 2002 – 309.9 million jobs ended– 327.7 million jobs created
• Net increase: 17.8 million jobs
– Hard to measure
Changing Skill Levels
• LINK• Pace of improvement in computers = job disruption• High skilled jobs being eliminated?
• Robots • What about the future?– Will we have anything to do?
Offshoring
• “By 2004 12% of US IT companies had moved their operations to other countries”
• Example: customer service center in India– pwc sends pdf’s to India to
type – work different
Problems & Benefits
• Problems– Greed– “2.5% of mass layoffs come from
offshoring jobs”– Language barrier– Just reading manuals– Data Security
• Benefits• Cheaper labor - both low-skilled
and high-skilled
Articles
• No Tax breaks for outsourcing – Thoughts?
• Will US manufacturing jobs ever come back? – Is it bad if it doesn’t? – Natural progression?
Ethics & Offshoring
• Hiring in U.S. vs. offshoring• Utilitarianism• Kant
– Exploiting others for cheaper production?
– Poor working conditions?• Is this valid?
Searching for Jobs
• Different ways to learn about jobs• Can search for features you want– Ex. “no overtime”
Applying for Jobs
– Strong correlation between Facebook and how you will do on the job
Interviewing for the Job
Work Environment – Work Anywhere
Work Environment – Work Anywhere
• Benefits– Decreases overhead for
employees– Increase productivity– Reduces expenses for
commuting– Flexible hours– Return to involvement in
your community? – Joel Kotkin
Work Environment
• Problems• Reducing boundaries for home & work can be stressful• Distractions• Some people work to much others too little• Miss mentoring relationships & opportunities for
advancement• Social isolations – lower morale• Security issues with home computers• Some zoning areas working at home illegal
Employee Monitoring
• Computers can make crimes easier• Also make monitoring easier
– Monitoring has changed over time:• Time clocks• Surveillance cameras• Electronic monitoring
Employee Monitoring
• LINK• Today: More constant, detailed, and unseen by workers– Can lead to:• Low morale and confidence, stress, etc.• But also less theft
• Location Tracking– Ex: Nurses & Truckers• Voicemail & E-mail• Is this ethical?
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