@inthehands @jenniferplusplus I’m by no means an expert on anything remotely related to economics, but in my industry (software / web development), I think a lot of it has to do with resetting salaries and shifting power back to the employers.
Even well before 2020 (throughout the 2010s) software engineers enjoyed tremendous power in the job market and the ability to draw salaries traditionally reserved for upper management and VPs.