system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: When searching for jobs online, I almost never see an amount (whether hourly or salaried) of how much a company will pay an individual who actually gets the job. Why is that so?
gpt
they want to get away with paying the minimum amount they can, so they usually ask you for your past salary info and make a slightly better or similar offer.  

they don't want to start the salary listing higher than they need to.