This sounds like the story Manna [1] by Marshall Brain.
In the first half of the story, employees are increasingly micro-managed by a centralized software program which becomes more sophisticated and ubiquitous over time until humanity becomes fungible.
In the first half of the story, employees are increasingly micro-managed by a centralized software program which becomes more sophisticated and ubiquitous over time until humanity becomes fungible.
[1] https://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm