If there's one thing employers hate more than unskilled labor, it's skilled labor. Oh, now instead of ten unskilled laborers carrying shit, each being paid $N,

If there's one thing employers hate more than unskilled labor, it's skilled labor. Oh, now instead of ten unskilled laborers carrying shit, each being paid $N, you can have one crane operator getting paid $5N? Wait, why can't we pay him $N? What do you mean, if he fucks up it costs us millions? What do you mean, his skill or lack thereof can double or halve the time it takes to move shit around? Ok, what if we pay him $1.1N?