My use of "need" here is not referring to Maslow's hierarchy, but our society's standards of labor law. I personally don't believe that people should be workin

My use of "need" here is not referring to Maslow's hierarchy, but our society's standards of labor law. I personally don't believe that people should be working 80 hours per week for $55k, but, adjusted for inflation, I have done it. However, I definitely don't think that companies should be permitted to force people to work 100 hours per week for $36k, which is what the DOL is prohibiting here. > a more logical frame of reference is being sufficiently high up such that you can increase budgets and payrates It's not a frame of reference unless it is a number.