OTOH, if we ignore this specific instance where the salary is rather plump, the fact that you have to exchange your labor for money, in order to feed yourself, means that it's not really a labor 'market' at all.
salary = slavery
salary = slavery
A person working for a wage, even a poor one, has way more options than that. If you quit your job at McDonalds, nobody is going to come and murder your family. There’s no penalty for telling your manager to get fucked and starting a new job at Taco Bell the next week. And for those who are truly in hardship, there are social programs like Medicaid, SNAP, etc to look after many of their most basic needs.