Mike used to work on the assembly line at General Motors in Oshawa,making over 20 dollars an hour.Recently an industrial robot was invented that is able to do the same job and requires a technician making only 10 dollars an hour to check the specifications twice per shift.What has happened to Mike's job?
A) It was reclassified.
B) It was deskilled.
C) It was deindustrialized.
D) It was downsized.

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Mike's job has been replaced by an industrial robot, which means it has been deskilled as the job now requires less specialized human labor and can be done by a machine.

Mike Used to Work on the Assembly Line at General