> On the other hand, if the job market is actually that tight, you'd expect employees to have pricing power. (Maybe they do, and it's just taking both workers a

> On the other hand, if the job market is actually that tight, you'd expect employees to have pricing power. (Maybe they do, and it's just taking both workers and management a while to get used to that idea?) Is it not the case in your area that every fast food joint and small business has a "hiring" sign up with a starting wage listed that a lot higher than it was ~3 years ago?