I'm not sure the premise of the title - that employers will do almost anything (or anything at all) to find or retain workers - is accurate. Setting aside pay

I'm not sure the premise of the title - that employers will do almost anything (or anything at all) to find or retain workers - is accurate. Setting aside pay - will they offer livable working conditions, or will they cram everybody elbow to elbow in a noisy airplane hangar with no dividers like cattle? I don't see that any employers, anywhere, are doing anything to find good employees, paying more being just one of the things they're not doing.