[alistairSH]

They can’t tell you how to manage and interact with the expenses of your life.

No, but they can move to a lower cost area, allow WFH, or gasp pay a fair wage for the region. Employers don't have a right to cheap labor

[sneak]

It's the employee's job to remind an employer that they don't have the right to cheap labor by leaving. The market is two-sided.