“Can’t ask the ingredients on a menu item?”
Actually, many recipes are secret. You can ask but you are in no position to demand, unlike an employer.
So solly...our chef no tell his ingredients to Sum Ting Woof. Ancient Chinese Secret!
So applicants are forced to apply? Employers trap them in a room if they do not share the salary history? If you don't like the questions that an employers asks, you are not free to apply elsewhere?
Who the hell made it public perception that employers are monsters that trap and condemn all employees and applicants?!?!?