Are we really honest to buy in shops without sellers – BBC News in Serbian

Midnight on the rims went on Seoul, in South Korea, and I wanted to eat something sweet. But it was not a problem – because there was no one across from my Sana, but three candy stores that were open 24 hours a day.

The action I entered was an ice cream shop.

There were all orders of freezers with various ice creams, but there are no members of security or sellers, but only visibly exposed products and automated kiosk on which you pay for what you want to buy.

All I need to do is take what I want and pay before I leave.

In the same block, as well as ice cream shop there are actions that sell office equipment, pet food, and even dried.

None of them have staff and there are no sellers in sight.

In the busy areas of the city center, there are even staff without staff.

« To run at least these proportions and this earnings, I need 12 to 15 staff members, but I use only two people, » Kim Sung Re, founder and preliminary creator of bar without staff – Sol 24, just means « alcohol 24 hours ».

He says it gives him time to focus on other business ventures.

He used to run a bar nearby, but when revenues did not meet expectations, he switched to a staff without staff – and earnings now increased.

Less babies

Automation initiates decades of low births and large salary growth.

South Korea has the lowest recorded rate of birth rate – the average number of children who women have for the life of the century – and in 2023. it flew to 0.72, before returning to 0.75 last year.

To maintain a stable population, fertility rate must be at least 2.1, which was last exceeded in 1982 in South Korea. Years.

This means that the number of people entering the labor market decreases, while since 2000. years, the minimum wage persists.

The owners of companies like Kim are now required to pay staff approximately $ 7 per hour.

« My main reason for crossing staff without staff was the growth of a minimum wage. There are two ways to go out with this challenge: Robotics or automation – and there is also staff without staff, » says Kim.

The engagement of the robot requires more money and space, so that he decided on staff without staff.

The covid pandemic prevailed in favor of automation.

It saved money for salaries, and also helped overcome the strict social distancing rules that were in force at that time.

Some say the new generation of workers do not want to do so-called « 3D jobs », which are considered dirty, dangerous, difficult or degrading.

This applies to manual work in production, and from now on and in retail jobs that are considered unwelcome.

The « Young Generation tries to stay within the scope of city areas, and they like to establish their own companies, a wedding capital and try to seek well-paid high-tech, » says Cho Jung Hun.

Cho is a member of the ruling party the power of the people in the National Assembly and a member of the Standing Education Council.

« Unlike some other MPs, I do not blame our young for such a preference. Statistics show how to end a small amount of labor in coming years – and it is best for our reduced workforce to sectors with maximum value, » he adds.

The Korean Institute of Economic Research, a private funded expert group, expects 43 percent of jobs in Korea is endangered from replacement by automation in the next 20 years.

It also means new opportunities for people like Kvon Min DDI, CEO of Browni, a company that leads staff without staff on behalf of their owners.

He launched his own company before the end of the Covid Crisis 2022. years.

« We run la laundry without staff, ice cream stores, cafes, wavelers, » he told BBC.

Even if the action does not have staff, it must be filled with new stock, clean and maintain, he says.

At first, that job was performed by the owners.

The company’s quoists now provide workers who can maintain the actions by themselves.

« We have a contingent of local staff who can visit several of these actions per day. The highest priority for owners are not to have work with actions and they would rather pay us for $ 100 or $ 200 or more per month to take those shops. »

Kwon says he started with only two actions, but now manages more than 100.

A little stealing

South Korea also has a very low stealing rate that contributes to the success without staff.

« There were even cases that people forgot to pay, but they called me later, but young people feel safe enough here to leave their wallet and phone to take the table, » Kim tells me.

He admits that there could be some losses because of theft, but that they are not large enough to disrupt business.

« I never make an account how much it stolen. I’m not losing money overall, so it’s certainly not a lot of money than losses anyway, and the security hiring would cost more than savings. »

Progress in technology means that more jobs such as driving will become excess once automated cars flood the market.

In 2032, it is estimated that South Korea will need more than 890,000 additional workers to maintain a long-term goal of economic war of 2 percent in the country.

Some, such as the worker’s Corea Mart’s union, are concerned about the future of the labor market, while others, such as a bar without staff Kim, very optimistic about future economic opportunities

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