Look, I’m not a fan of the action he took. But this statement is extremely naive. Insurance isn’t some magic thing that just pays for everything and allows management and owners to not care. Their insurance premiums will jump massively, and they’ll probably be forced by their insurers to add more controls from fire suppression to employee screening. The third-party operator will find themselves without contracts if the warehouses they manage seem to burn down frequently.
There are plenty of reasons to criticize the approach. But arguing it does absolutely nothing is not a good reason.
Well, the BrightSide is he ain’t gonna have to worry about the cost of housing and food for the forseeable future most likely. But I’d wager that $18 an hour job ain’t gonna seem too bad after a few months as a guest of the State of California.
… AND … they (K-C) will most likely be inclined to opt for rebuilding a warehousing solution that minimizes walking-meat in the isles …b/c of past experiences.
so, the new warehouse will prob. need 300 fewer workers to function to the same or higher standards than before…
well done, burning down the current and future jobs of many local folks !
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Your post encouraged illegal activity, states that a group (CEO’s and billionaires) deserves harm.
you need the BUSINESS CASE (your “move”) and FUNDING …
they probably had the former but not the latter … now - after an insurance payout they have both …
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I do work HR adjacent, and one of my difuse meta-fears (mid-term) is that the HUMAN part in HR starts to become more-and-more complex,
(conflicts (the whole gamut from passive-aggressive to arson),
mobbying,
volatile staffing/staffing problems,
the whole DEI thingy, EEO,
substance abuse,
pandemics and whatnot)
that companies look for other (non human) RESOURCES … which for the longest time were not available or financially viable …
… but with AI / robotics /4th revolution ad portas that might change dramatically - especially for highly repetitive tasks like you might find in a warehouse.
He didn’t work for Kimberly-Clark, he worked for a vendor at K-C. If there was a union there, he’d most likely be out of a job because unions don’t want non-union guys working with them.
It’s a lot easier to do when you’re starting from scratch with a brand new building instead of trying to incorporate into an existing, working building. Besides, by the time the dust settles & they get an insurance payout, architect a new building, get the plans approved by the municipality, & then get it built you’re probably talking two years. All of the existing warehouse workers will have moved on & have other jobs/retired/moved/died. Automation will save them the HR headache of hiring a ton of people.