paid slavery
Getting paid to hate your life because the pay sucks so bad you still feel trapped. You might want to punch a wall or throw up in a trash can but the check makes you stay.
She says this is her dream job but she actually wants to live under a bridge with no one talking to her.
He works eighty hours just so he does not starve and gets called a servant by his rich owner every day.
The pay is too low for me to leave even though I would rather punch the manager in the face than do this again.