My biggest complaints about trying to find a job today are:

* Recruiters ghosting/not following up.

* Companies post dozens of job openings, I apply, nobody follows up (even with a rejection) but keeps posting new positions (looking at you Aha!)

The pay issue hasn’t come up except twice. One company wanted a senior engineer, but only wanted to pay 60k/year tops and you would be on call.

Another company wanted a “volunteer”.

There are other issues for sure. For some companies I do suspect age discrimination, especially with startups.