The start of all this

Why is the job market like this? Why are Mcdonald’s and Walmart being picky with who they hire now? Back then, they were considered last option jobs. Being told that these places hire anyone with a brain, but now they don’t even respond to you anymore. Are corporations more greedy than they were a couple years ago? After every single persons data has been sold, what then? There’s no way it’s THIS hard to get a single job these days. Not even a run down, near bankruptcy fast food restaurant would look at your application these days.