“This thing costs us money every minute so anytime it isn’t in use it’s wasting our money so we should find ways to make sure it’s in use as much as possible” is how to think about compute nodes or dump trucks, not people
Clark Valentine
"You know those brief times during the work day when the humans have a minute to think, breathe, rest, hydrate, check on their kids, chat with colleagues, go to the bathroom, or do anything but the repetitive tasks we assign them? How can we get rid of that?"
Amazon is testing software to move warehouse workers more efficiently, aiming to save millions of labor hours a year, internal documents show.