Warehouse workers may be replaced by tech-savvy counterparts

Workers protesting current conditions at local warehouses serving Amazon and other retailers will soon find the work much more highly paid and less stressful — with much better benefits and working conditions, predicts one expert, Michael Hicks.

But a massive amount of today’s warehouse jobs are forecast to be replaced by more technical work. “The [new] jobs will be filled by folks with bachelor’s degrees in computer science, mechanical engineering,” Hicks, an economist at Ball State University, told The Post.

Amazon fulfillment center workers may be the most “at risk” automatable jobs in the world, he said. “Amazon is currently in a race to both automate, while also extending its market share in retailing,” Hicks added.