There is no problem.

Some inside scoop... the company I work for, one location in the USA played off 56 employees in 2020. Almost half office and half production perfectly. They layed off an additional 17 people in 2021, mostly office staff. In each meeting when they decided who to lay off they looked at performance vs pay and cut the fat where the savings were the highest. There were discussions about the cost of re-hiring and re-training, but the execs weren't hearing it.

They have been on a hiring bender since 11/2021 and have now raised the internal referral bonus from $200 to $1800. The HR Director told me that she can't get people to show up to interviews. I said "that's how it's always been, are you following up more often than you have ever have?". No, of course not. People will show up of you spell out the wage and benefits, but the ads you post do not include either.

I don't think there is a legit issue. I think this is a media topic that businesses have jumped on in order to continue to be lazy about human capital.