Quoted: Barry Gerhart, a University of Wisconsin professor of management and human resources, said he thinks employers of low-skilled workers could have more trouble finding labor if Foxconn creates the promised thousands of new jobs. “They’ll either have to reach a little deeper in the applicant pool, raise wages and benefits, or automate,” Gerhart said.
Also quoted: Hart Posen, an associate professor of management and human resources in the UW School of Business, said the distribution of lower- and higher-paying jobs within Foxconn is extremely vague. But he doesn’t expect this plant to look like the company’s other ones that have great numbers of hand-assemblers. This one will more likely be highly automated.