Effect Of Technology In The Workplace
The Effect of Technology in the Workplace
By What Means Does Technology Affect Employment and Wages?
Word Count: 1880
Kyle Councell
AP Capstone Seminar
Mrs. Cardenas
March 8, 2017
Effect of Technology in the Workplace Over the past decade, technology affects the workplace in a numerous number of negative ways. There is a lower distribution of income, declines of employment, and rises in wage inequality. Over time, education has had less of an effect on job placement than it should. Technology should have regulations and limits in the workplace. How has technology affected workplace wages? Jobs are declining, wages are dropping while others are rising unfairly. Information technology in the workplace needs to be removed. In …show more content…
With simple workers losing their jobs to common machines, this will create an even larger gap of pay between the workers who kept their jobs, and their superiors. Although there should be a gap, the differences in pay today is criminal. To pay someone so little and so much is unthinkable. This can have psychological effects on the workers that cause them to quit their job, depression, and possibly suicide. In order for these effects to be eliminated, machines need to become more regulated in the workplace. Another effect of technology in the workplace is a lower distribution of income. Labor market data suggests that there will be almost as many machines as workers in about a decade. This will not only reduce the number of jobs available, but will slightly increase the income of the workers left with a job. Although this may sound like a positive thing, it will only contribute to the increasing gap between the middle and lower classes, and possibly create a new class …show more content…
There is a lower distribution of income, declines of employment, and rises in wage inequality. Over time, education has had less of an effect on job placement. Technology should have regulations and limits in the workplace. Jobs are declining, wages are dropping while others are rising unfairly. Information technology in the workplace needs to be removed or regulated. Although technology can be seen as detrimental in the workplace towards wages and workers work ethic, there are positives such as an increase in workplace productivity which will increase wealth for the company and company executives. Although it will reduce jobs in the workplace, for the jobs kept, it will increase the income for those specific workers. When this happens, it may improve the work ethic of those workers and in turn improves workplace productivity even more than
By What Means Does Technology Affect Employment and Wages?
Word Count: 1880
Kyle Councell
AP Capstone Seminar
Mrs. Cardenas
March 8, 2017
Effect of Technology in the Workplace Over the past decade, technology affects the workplace in a numerous number of negative ways. There is a lower distribution of income, declines of employment, and rises in wage inequality. Over time, education has had less of an effect on job placement than it should. Technology should have regulations and limits in the workplace. How has technology affected workplace wages? Jobs are declining, wages are dropping while others are rising unfairly. Information technology in the workplace needs to be removed. In …show more content…
With simple workers losing their jobs to common machines, this will create an even larger gap of pay between the workers who kept their jobs, and their superiors. Although there should be a gap, the differences in pay today is criminal. To pay someone so little and so much is unthinkable. This can have psychological effects on the workers that cause them to quit their job, depression, and possibly suicide. In order for these effects to be eliminated, machines need to become more regulated in the workplace. Another effect of technology in the workplace is a lower distribution of income. Labor market data suggests that there will be almost as many machines as workers in about a decade. This will not only reduce the number of jobs available, but will slightly increase the income of the workers left with a job. Although this may sound like a positive thing, it will only contribute to the increasing gap between the middle and lower classes, and possibly create a new class …show more content…
There is a lower distribution of income, declines of employment, and rises in wage inequality. Over time, education has had less of an effect on job placement. Technology should have regulations and limits in the workplace. Jobs are declining, wages are dropping while others are rising unfairly. Information technology in the workplace needs to be removed or regulated. Although technology can be seen as detrimental in the workplace towards wages and workers work ethic, there are positives such as an increase in workplace productivity which will increase wealth for the company and company executives. Although it will reduce jobs in the workplace, for the jobs kept, it will increase the income for those specific workers. When this happens, it may improve the work ethic of those workers and in turn improves workplace productivity even more than