This article from Reason seems apropos to this sub.
Personally, I quit a job over a year ago because, while it was being advertised with an upper ceiling high above what I was getting paid and I had been learning new skills that saved my employer from having to hire outside contractors, as well as taking on other responsibilities and tasks outside of my stated duties. On top of that, they were going to give me another 2% annual raise while they had raised the prices they were charging their customers by 10 to 25%. And when I asked my supervisor why they were lowballing me, he replied that he did not have the authority to change my raise, and when I asked to speak with the manager that did, was told their “open door policy” didn't allow for that. They were surprised when I tendered my resignation and walked away. This was after we continued to service customers, in person, across many counties in the middle of the state, but even though we were assured they were getting funding from the US government to stay open, any time one of us caught the COVID, we had to use our own PTO to quarantine for 14 days, or just didn't get paid for that time if we didn't have PTO or refused to use our PTO. I have no faith that employer gave 2 {expletive withheld} about any of us.
Yeah, as stated in the article, it's a bit like the ultimatum game, but unlike the ultimatum game where the “proposer” gets handed $10 with no outside work on their part, the only way employers get money to come in is if their employees actually show up and do the work. There has to be some give and take between employers and employees, but it's time the employers started reaching out to their employees, because we all know that middle management don't bring the income by themselves, and definitely didn't keep their doors open during the recent unpleasantness.