Most corporations at least at the top level understand the concept of wealth distribution and most likely aren't looking forward to the period in which anyone under the middle class has little to no spending power (Comparatively!), but also recognize how much money can be saved by automating the workforce in the long term.
Automation is a good thing if we prepare for it... Considering automation of the work force has already begun and we aren't preparing for it means we're going to eat stuff later. No real answer there for you, it's just not going to be good for us.