I remember looking for casual work ten years ago and a lot of jobs had hours arranged to specifically attract people who were happy to have their income subsidised by benefits. Since there were plenty of available workers it was a good game they were playing. Now the same employers are complaining they can't attract people to apply for the same shitty deal as if they are entitled to have a surplus of people to pick from.

The problem is now that the cost of housing has more than doubled over the past ten years and now we have an inflation problem too. They can't double the pay and, even if they could, this would just be adding fuel to the fire.

How this will play out, I don't know, but maybe we don't need multiple versions of the same kind of business and only those who can get the staff will survive and prosper?