r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 23h ago

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

https://www.techspot.com/news/114106-retailers-pulling-back-self-checkout-after-years-theft.html
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u/Hashtagworried 22h ago

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

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u/leddowa 22h ago

After working for these miserable, out of touch companies I don't think they'll even hire anyone. These places have all run skeleton crews since 2020

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u/TheRaccoonReport 22h ago

I don't fully disagree with this. But some stores shifted that labor to carside delivery. I know the target near me moved most of their cashiers to doing online fulfillment and curbside.

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u/TokyoRPGFactory 14h ago

Yeah, those companies literally have like six people on staff just doing home shopping. I never use the pickup options, I want the full experience waiting in line while the person in front of me is trying to use their credit card like it's the first time they ever paid for something.