@mmmfeet @matty @synapsid Synasid was offered $19 an hour for a high skilled labor position. You can work at Buc-ee's for almost the same rate and spend most of your time on your phone there. That's my point. You don't get high quality skill if you don't reward it.
I thought I saw offers well into the 6 figures for people to manage Buc-ee's stores in some places. Being good at running retail takes skill too, but I've never seen those salaries for managing a retail store before. The difference in what you expect salaries to be versus reality are crazy.