[SixSigma]

While you're correct in that bad algorithms will produce bad outcomes, forward thinking companies will improve the algorithms with feedback from the workers.

If previous Lean / Six Sigma studies are correct, this feedback loop will lead to improved employee morale as they become the drivers of decision making and less likely to feel disenfranchised.

A layer of management can be removed and it is mismanagement that generates the most workplace animosity, as you say yourself.