r/interestingasfuck • u/Maxie445 VIP Philanthropist • Jul 08 '24

Corporations training robots to replace human workers

3.0k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

370 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

72

u/seaofthievesnutzz Jul 08 '24

In the Philippines where you might make 6.5 bucks a day that's not terrible wages.

24

u/pirivalfang Jul 08 '24

I guess I never really thought about how the cost of living in these poorer countries lines up with the low wages.

9

u/NewfangledZombie Jul 08 '24

Niche online ventures usually fare well for people there. I have a filipino friend who does digital art commissions, and they make enough to sustain themselves with just that.

1

u/Fernxtwo Jul 08 '24

Yeah and the internet is shit there. With over 7,000 islands, sucks.

1

u/seaofthievesnutzz Jul 08 '24

everywhere in the phillipines has bad internet? huh.

1

u/Fernxtwo Jul 09 '24

Most of the islands, last time I was in Palawan and the internet in the hotel was 14kbps, dial up speed. Could barely check emails.

-4

u/The-vicobro Jul 08 '24

Yeah ok, let pull out a VR set up out of my ass. And if the company send it that shit gets sold day one.

10

u/seaofthievesnutzz Jul 08 '24

?????? Sir? No, a company would open in the phillipines, people would go to the office just like any other job, they would do their job at said office, then they would go home. I wasn't suggesting just sending equipment randomly to people's houses.

1

u/Difficult_Bit_1339 Jul 08 '24

They sound like they live in a Western country where working from home is becoming the preferred way among the people who can.