You need a job, you're looking for work. You look, you look, and you look some more...and the only job you manage to get is voluntary work with with a 1/300 chance at getting upgraded to wage work. But hey, you got a job, success?
From an empoyers pov of course, you will work for minimum wage and feel lucky that you got that job. The employer doesn't care if you're happy.

An event where they can make you do it even though it's horrible is a success to them. It's crap to us but we still do it anyway, WoE is a failure because it's horrible and nobody does it, VW is a success because it's horrible but a large number of us still do it.