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That's exactly what Henry Ford found when he introduced the assembly line in 1914. He found that he had to hire 10x more men than he needed because 90% would quit the line within a few weeks. That's where Ford's 'generous' $5 day came from (twice the prevailing wage). Most found the tedium of the assembly line to be insufferable.

I worked in several furniture factories as a youngster, and I share that sentiment. Assembly lines are soul killing.

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In the late 60's GM built a new factory west of Youngstown,OH. ~ they soon found out the young men they hired from the local rural farm areas were not happy doing the same thing all day, even though they were paid far better then their previous employment on there families farms. They were used to doing different activities through the day on the farms. Their discontent, became known as the 'Lordstown Syndrome'.

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