NetNathan
Lifetime Supporting Member
Mine doesn't. I/we create better jobs with better pay for our employees and our suppliers.
The customer may reduce jobs but increase profits. We have had cases where a customer planned to build 3 machines but only built one since it worked so well. In a way we hurt ourselves in the short term. In the long term everyone that has money benefits because prices are lower.
What must be considered is than in normal times, 50% of the startup companies will fail before 5 years. That is brutal but that is the way it is. The employees that are out of work get unemployment insurance but the owner of the fail business lose their savings and get nothing.
I/we make motion controllers that automate things. It isn't too hard to automate repetitive tasks. To those that aren't high tech people, I refer them to Mike Rowe on how to get by
https://mikerowe.com/
I have a nephew that dropped out of college to become a pip fitter or boiler maker. That is a brutal job but he is doing well and has risen quickly. Hopefully he will find a management position before he is 45.
Most of the people on this forum are the lucky ones that can automate things or keep machines running. It will be difficult to replace you.
Good answer..