I believe this is key. Reading texts about early industrial revolution there is this concept of alienation, and I think it can be applied to a lot of jobs pretty well.

Having a stake in the result and freedom to choose which exact job to perform at a time to accomplish the result, as opposed to a top-down approach seems to be more satisfying as an employee.

At the time of industrial revolution the comparison is often between farming (where the farmer works hard but has some autonomy) and the factory, with more specialized and repetitive tasks.