In my opinion a UBI won't work until we can automate more of these jobs but in the short term I agree with you that the wage for them would go up to attract peo

In my opinion a UBI won't work until we can automate more of these jobs but in the short term I agree with you that the wage for them would go up to attract people. It would also depend on the size of the UBI. If the UBI is just enough to get by comfortably but not enough to make big expenditures like a new TV/phone etc. then people will have to continue to work to afford luxuries. A lot of people do those jobs because they don't have the skills necessary for other jobs so if they want luxuries they will still do them (maybe part-time instead). I could also see highly skilled people who want extra money for one big purchase to take on a job like that for a few weeks (which you couldn't really do at a tech company).