A slightly worse headline: "The standard of modern employment is to pay a premium for new unskilled employees you need to train up on your system and then stagn

A slightly worse headline: "The standard of modern employment is to pay a premium for new unskilled employees you need to train up on your system and then stagnate their wages so they're force to go elsewhere." This is the new norm and it's extremely short sighted and inefficient for most employers. If your cost of living increase (or combined "merit increase") is below inflation your company is doing something wrong.