In George Orwell’s dystopian 1984, the Party exerted so much control over people that they would readily agree that 2+2=5 if the Party demanded it. This was achieved by absolute control over individuals which in turn was achieved by absolute knowledge of each person by the Party.  Pricewaterhouse Coopers interviewed 500 HR experts and 10,000 others across the US and the world to learn what they saw for employment in the future.  Their recent report bears unsettling similarities to Orwell’s forecast for the future.
As employers become more and more responsible for the costs of employees’ lifestyles, companies will likely resort to various tech tools to monitor the lives of employees on and off the job.  The economic trend is away from the old employment model to a more ominous relationship between employer and employee.
The increasingly disagreeable relationship will likely lead to many more independent contractors who, among other things, will value their personal privacy more than job skills.