Absolutely. Adding a "stopwatch" to make humans more efficient is having negative effects on it's employees.
The article is quick to say people won't lose their job, but that's not the only fear about automation. Employees hated taylorism because of the reduced autonomy, unrealistic expectations of consistency, pseudo-scientific increased workloads and sometimes mind-numbing boredom.
The article is quick to say people won't lose their job, but that's not the only fear about automation. Employees hated taylorism because of the reduced autonomy, unrealistic expectations of consistency, pseudo-scientific increased workloads and sometimes mind-numbing boredom.