McClelland, Rotman, and Eckhardt and Bardhi, in their respective articles all focus on technology and work. Each has a different, yet very apparent argument they are making. McClelland speaks about how he worked periodically for a warehouse that was in charge of packaging goods for shipment, and he argues that the working conditions there were not pleasurable, but particularly, the technology behind the operation made people’s jobs there less than enjoyable and they had a high chance of getting fired if they did not reach their goals each day. In “Technology is Destroying Jobs”, Rotman focuses on multiple topics, but does talk a lot about artificial intelligence and robots taking the jobs of workers. Eckhardt and Bardhi explain how technology allowed companies to refrain from sticking to the original form of work, the typical worker and employer relationship. In “I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave” by Mac McClelland, McClelland focuses on his experience working in a warehouse that packages items ordered from big retailers, such as Amazon. His experience was described as “demoralizing and dehumanizing, even to someone who’s spent a lot of time working in warehouses.” (McClelland) Throughout, he covers the technology put into…show more content… Traditionally we would think of an employer and employee relationship, but often, in an example like Zipcar given in the article, consumers “know others have used the cars, but have no desire to interact with them.” In a traditional work relationship, the “boss” would interact with their employees, forming a bond, where in an “access economy” (Eckhardt), the consumers have no interest. Their article speaks primarily of this, and at the end, mentions what is needed for an economy to be considered an “access economy.”
