Toyota Looks To Cut U.S. Staff With Voluntary Buyouts All costs walk on two feet - even at the Japanese companies. I wonder if Toyota is laying off any workers in Japan - or is all of the cost cutting only being done using US citizens? And just how voluntary is it?
I suspect their program runs like those at other corporations. Take the package now or hold on? Maybe in 6-12 months the package may not be as generous or existant. Sometimes it backfires on the company a bit when too many people or the wrong people bail.
In the future, robots will do everything. I would highly advise young people today to get a degree in a field related to robotics and CNC-programming.
Bad advice. Not even in the next 30-50 years. There is no such thing as a degree in manufacturing so why would anybody need a degree related to robotics or CNC programming. Engineering is a different story.
...are you suggesting there are not people with college degrees that designed and calibrated these robots?
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Oh! School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Try searches for university with say Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering or Mechatronic Engineering and you will find a few more.
