Like you said, technology is just there to make life easier but you also have to understand that it is not technology that will pay your wages as that is totally on your employer and has nothing to do with technology.
I can't believe it can be that bad that if you have a solid skill and a good educational background, you won't be able to find a well paying job. If you know your worth on a normal day, You won't settle for less, unless you are living in a country where the unemployment rate is high.
That's the reality things happened not only in one country, like here in my place. Lots of my co-fellow citizens are deciding to go in abroad due to that most of their reason they are not well compensated though they are professional people who are a degree holders. And it happens because the economy we had in our country is not that enough to sustain the needs of their employee. In short technology has no connection in the result of our life now in the situations of our difficulties. But, we can use technology for us to improve ourselves more to enhance our skills also. Through this we are leveling ourselves too, that's what I've been thinking about it.
It actually all boils down to ones economy. Technology should not be a hindrance to employment if there are many other jobs readily available. I dont believe that technology would be able to replace all of the jobs in this world but its possible to have some lay offs in factories. It would be a problem for factory workers especially if higher education is inaccessible to them. That would be still be relating to economic problems as well if the nations govt is unable to provide opportunities for these kind of workers once technology has took over their jobs.