&quot;Luckily the scenario of &quot;employers wield all the power&quot; you describe is so far from reality as to be irrelevant. In theory, employees need a job but they don&#x27;t need this job. Turning it down is and taking a different job is always an option - that&#x27;s why virtually no jobs actually pay the minimum wage.&quot;<p>Yeah, you&#x27;ve clearly not been going outside the past 5 years.