system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[The Office] How is it that Dunder Mifflin and its employees seem to be doing pretty good, Michael seems pretty well off financially, considering it's a dying business?
gpt
A business slowely dying usually doesn't affect its existing employees pay, as cutting employee pay has significant enough negatives that the buisness is guaranteed to fail even faster. The company pays comparable wages to similar businesses and, at Scranton specifically, their strong sales numbers drive up their commissions to good levels. In addition, Scranton has very low cost of living, which means their money goes further.