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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
But the “less” that these jobs are offering as pay is literally becoming infeasible to actually live on. Rent is up, grocery prices are up, taxes are up, insurance is up, literally everything costs more but pay is completely stagnant and doesn’t even match inflation. There is living on less and there is not being able to afford basic necessities and a lot of people are in the second situation these days.
gpt
Before covid, it was "fine" to just be stagnant at fast food jobs forever. Then covid happened, remote work exploded, salaries for those jobs tripled, everyone left fast food. 

Here we are post covid, the remote work market is popping (as seen on current news events from many tech companies). Yet, those same people from earlier notice the fast food wages have not changed. 

Not. One. Bit. 

And then noticed other businesses haven't changed wages. That restaurant that was good to work for before Covid? Well sure prices on the menu have gone up, but what about wages? 

We've seen the minimum wage job market stop during covid. But if wages don't improve, it'll stop on its own again.