I've always found the brass tacks of the current business model to be...
Too many chiefs and not enough Indians
The chiefs falsely assume that THEY are the driving force in making the business successful and demand the lions share of the profits.
In reality...
The Indians are the ones that make the business profitable but, they get squeezed like a dish rag until they can't hold water anymore or they're making too much money. Then they get tossed like a paper towel and replaced with a noob at a starting wage, so the chiefs can get a bigger bonus.
Is there any wonder that experienced tradesmen would rather sit at home and suck off the government teat than go back to work at a starting wage?
If the chiefs had their druthers, employees would be constantly working at a starting wage.
Look at that wacky Wombat in Australia who thinks workers shouldn't be paid more than a buck a day.
She's not alone in that assessment. The chiefs fear workers who get paid what they're worth because they might strike out on their own and become competition.
Bottom line is, slavery was never abolished. It just converted to a new form.
In my entire working lifetime I've sat on enough of those tacks to provide a permanent skid plate on my arse.