Chapter 3.2 online employment Flashcards
What are the effects of online services to the working people?
1 Some staff have lost their jobs
2 Increase in the demand of workers in the technical aspects of work
Why are robots used?
They are able to perform tasks in the same way with the same degree of accuracy every time.
Time and Automation? what use to happen?
1 Number of hours people worked and their rate of pay was written down manually
2 Wages were worked out using calculators
3 Results of calculations then typed out manually
Time and Automation? What happens now?
1 A computer can be used to carry out the whole process
2 Only manual input required: type up the details of each worker
What is the Effect of ICT?
1 Online services has caused the unemployment rate to increase
2 What some employers have done is that instead of decreasing the amount of employees they have, the have decreased the amount of time they work.
What is the Effect of ICT - Disadvantage?
1 Employees workload has increased. The employers expect the employee to take the work home.
2 Since the workers will be working a fewer amount of hours it means that they will be paid a fewer wage.
Leisure time
Due to the increased amount of online shopping and banking people have comparatively more leisure time because they don’t have to go out for shopping or to the bank.
