Full time work should entitle someone to enough pay for rent, food, bills, and leisure activities. Full time work for a full life wage. You put in your 8 hours a day, 5 days a week? You should be able to afford the basic shit you need in life, no matter where you work.
employers put value on the work they need done. that’s how it works. if you don’t think a job is worth doing 8 hours a day then don’t take the job.
That’s only a viable option in a system where unemployment doesn’t put you at risk for homelessness and starvation. In a system where employment is cumpolsory for survival, employees individually lack the leverage to negotiate for pay fairly.
Paying employees fairly is part of a company’s operating cost. All employees are worth a living wage.