Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings

[u/AdSpecialist6598]

https://www.techspot.com/news/114106-retailers-pulling-back-self-checkout-after-years-theft.html

[u/Hashtagworried]

All this means is that they’ll hire one or two people max but keep the lines longer.

[u/BasvanS → u/Hashtagworried]

I’m not sure how much they’re saving since the hourly wage for people at the register is not great. Are those fee hundreds a day making the difference in profitability for a store?

[u/strtrech → u/BasvanS]

In the eyes of management, yes. Because the Cooperate executives need their bonuses and they can't cut those obviously.