Something vaguely similar happens in the 1976 novel A World Out of Time.

A wealthy guy with cancer pays for cryo. When they thaw him out centuries later, it's because they are looking for indentured servants to work as space-truckers: if he refuses, they'll kill him and try their luck with the next popsicle.

He agrees and is promptly subjected to some intense and uncomfortable training and conditioning for his new "job."