Over the course of the past 20 years I’ve seen a lot of changes at the supplier where I work.
- One of the most significant is the amount of employees that we have to staff our facilities.
The supplier is growing plus you would think that this would mean more work however that is not the case. For instance, we no longer employed the same amount of building service Personnel because several of the things they were responsible for our now controlled by programmable systems. The two of us no longer have a person who is in charge of unlocking the building, turning on the lights, plus even increasing the Heating and Air Conditioning method so that the building is at the ideal temperature when the employees arrive. All of these things are controlled by a completely automated method that has been programmed to schedule all of those things to happen. As far as accessibility to the building we have all been issued swipe cards to gain access When we arrive at work. If a visitor were to come to the building they simply need to press the button plus it signals the Secretary of stairs to open the building if they are stressed to have a meeting there. The Heating and Air Conditioning method is programmed to adjust the temperature, either up or down, to the desired setting about an hour before people arrived plus then adjusted back when people have left the building. All of this technology allows for fewer employees plus this saves the supplier money on salaries. The downside of all of the automation is the fact that fewer people have great paying work to be able to support their families however in the end the supplier needs to make money. I just hope that our job isn’t updated by an automated method one day.