Thought self-checkout lanes were killing cashier jobs, then my local Kroger in Dayton proved me wrong
I used to argue with my brother about this all the time. He kept saying automation just moves jobs around, and I kept pointing at the six empty registers at our Kroger on Salem Ave. Then a store manager told me they hired 4 more cashiers in March because the self-checkout lines got too long during rush hour. Turns out the machines push people back to real lanes when they jam up, and now I'm not so sure the cashier job is dying as fast as folks claim. Has anyone else seen their local store actually add staff after putting in self-checkout?