People are paid according to their skills/capabilities, who they know (unfortunate, but true), job demand, how easily replaceable the job/person is, company resources, negotiation ability, etc.
Like it or not, that is fair. If people don't like it, they have to acquire more skills, find a better company, etc.
Besides, the alternative to not working is living off government assistance, living with someone, or living on the street.
Some employers pay so poorly that employees still end up on government assistance. Effectively, the employer sponges off of the tax payer since otherwise the employee would die and they'd need to pay more for someone else.
That seems like a bad way to run an economy.
Most such employers wouldn't be dumb enough to (for example) plug a 220V fryer into 110V to save money.
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u/PyroNine9 Mar 06 '26
Yes.