it is reportedly developing an AI - based platform to improve the productivity of warehouse workers and to automatically terminate employees who are found to be underperforming . Roughly 300 employees at a Baltimore facilities lost their jobs over 12 months from march 2017 . The platform uses a metric called “ time off rate ” to evaluate worker efficiency and is authorised to issue automatic dismissal and fire employees without the intervention of a supervisor if they fail to meet performance objectives .
Amazon is reportedly employing an AI-based system to track the productivity of warehouse workers and to automatically terminate employees who are found to be underperforming. Roughly 300 employees at a Baltimore facilities lost their jobs over 12 months from August 2017. The platform uses a metric called “time off task” to evaluate worker efficiency and is authorised to issue automatic warnings and fire employees without the intervention of a supervisor if they fail to meet performance objectives.