Why an algorithm manager is the newest form of a horrible boss

The 1999 cult classic film Office Space depicts Peter's dreary life as a cubicle-dwelling software engineer. Every Friday, Peter tries to avoid his boss and the dreaded words: "I'm going to need you to go ahead and come in tomorrow." This scene is still popular on the internet nearly 25 years later because it captures troubling aspects of the employment relationship -- the helplessness Peter feels, the fake sympathy his boss intones when issuing this directive, the never-ending demand for greater productivity. There is no shortage of pop culture depictions of horrible bosses. There is even a film with that title.