It seems that there can be a rogue use of nudging in workplaces (but not only) through an intensive use of automation (not only for blue collars, but also for white collars) which impedes the capacity of people to think by themselves and to decide by themselves.
I suggest you to have a look at the different books by Nicholas Carr:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_G._Carr
Some considerations about these questions in a foresight study which we have performed about the future of work (but no chapter dedicated), which you can read here:
Book Modes and methods of production in France in 2040
or
Conference Paper (Strategic) Foresight: an help for decision making tomorrow…...