Is the industry ready for tokens-constrained work?

A few days ago I read one of those stories we’re all familiar with by now: a guy in a consultancy company ran out of tokens for the day, went to his manager asking for more and got back an answer along the lines of “That’s what we give everyone, you’ll have to make do”. Clearly the guy was the classical cog software developer moving tasks on a board, reading the post and his answers to people. He admitted he had (or thought so) nothing else to do for the day, or anyway until the limit reset.