Certain types of industries become "canaries in the coal mine" in terms of what new changes are coming for the work world. The financial consulting /accounting field is one of them. This new trend is actually a possible return to limited workplace benefits in compensation plans dating back to the 1970s, in short a retrenchment disguised as cost-cutting due to AI competition pressures. Soon enough, if this trend sticks, people won't be employed at all; they will just be contractors.