That isn't a problem at all in a lot of industries; sure, you may have to coddle tech workers for now, treat them like actual human beings and all that nonsense

That isn't a problem at all in a lot of industries; sure, you may have to coddle tech workers for now, treat them like actual human beings and all that nonsense, but imagine a future where you can treat just like your warehouse staff. Wouldn't that be neat? /s On a more serious note, I know a few companies who do treat their tech people like disposable inventory, on par with the lower-prestige roles, and it works out just fine for them. They don't get highly motivated world-class talent, but they don't need that sort of talent; just someone to take care of their relatively modest IT/dev needs. It's not very efficient across a lot of metrics, but low salaries probably compensate for that. This seems to be a trend across all sorts of industries, less and less jobs that pay well, less employees that get coddled and treated well, commoditize the hell out of every last role etc. – just because it's not a big thing in much of tech yet probably doesn't mean it's an impossibility.