I clarify the question:
I understand that there may be serious unemployment in the white-collar industry, but there are concerns that it will not be only white-collar workers who will be in trouble.
If you are interested in knowing the details of my question, in the format of an excerpt from the story: https://lemmy.world/post/42451402
Everything was scheduled to end as 23:59 rolled off to 0 at the end of Dec 31, 1999. Someone fell asleep before they were supposed to hit the reset button.
The word industry has lost all meaning. White collar and industry are opposites.