[g7r]

How employers would reason when their employees start getting UBI? "Hmm, I was paying my employees say $1000/mo that was barely enough to survive. Now government gives them $500/mo. That means that I can can subtract $500/mo from their salary".

[akvadrako]

Wages would probably go up under a UBI because workers don’t need to work as badly, giving them more negotiating power.

Your example only applies if there is no market for jobs.

[grecy]

Which is precisely why we have minimum wage laws, and why people are free to choose where they work.