While the actual plot of this episode has an interesting central storyline (basically it's about modern slave labor, but whips and chains have been swapped for mind manipulation), I still wonder if it was necessary to spend a double episode on this. There are much more interesting episodes with more complex story elements and a more tightly woven plot that could easily have been extended into two episodes. E.g. "Blink of an eye" - here I would have liked to see how the doctor spent his time on the planet or would have liked to find out more about the evolution of this planetary society over the centuries.
The first episode of "Workforce," however, only picks up speed very slowly. The doctor as captain ("Emergency Command Hologram") is excellent and it is also interesting to see how Janeway adapts to her new role as a worker and even enters into a romantic relationship. But whether this should have been spread out in a whole episode - certainly not. After a short time, you actually understood what was going on in this factory and that the crew was being subjected to perfidious manipulation of their identities.
Furthermore, this factory seems to have an extremely inefficient work system - despite Seven as the new efficiency supervisor. Hundreds of workers are needed to do nothing more than operate and monitor one or two machines (which, by the way, look like Borg technology - only blue instead of green). No wonder this society is desperately looking for skilled workers. But instead of kidnapping unsuspecting travelers and implanting a new life as happy workers into their minds, their companies should first optimize their workflows, their technical infrastructure and the training of their employees.
