How do you handle the thought of making people loose their jobs

Hey everyone,

As a PLC developer a big part of our job is to automate processes which, sometimes, where done by other people beforehand. That inevitable leads to people loosing their job, since their job just got automated by a PLC.

How do you guys handle the thought. Did you ever think about it?

I think to myself that if I don't do it, someone else would. That is the flow of the industry, and it was not my decision to make. But it still leaves a bitter aftertaste always when I think about it.

For example, I can tell you rn, that within the next 10 Years Walmart will have big layoffs in their distribution departments, since those centers get automated rn.