Companies excluding Coloradans from remote jobs to avoid sharing salary ranges
A competitive market would enable me to sort by salary and benefits and apply for the best job.However companies don't want to compete on salary, and potentialy drive them up - they want maximum leverage. They get more leverage if process is obscure, so that you only agree salary late in the process and for the applicant, pulling out is risky.The market is not really free - its being manipulated by one side.Similarly with healthcare you don't know how much you will be charged upfront, so there is no competition on price.With housing (in UK) there is no competition on quality because the seller doesn't have to disclose any problems with the house. If it falls of a cliff the minute you sign on the dotted line, it's your problem.You have to pay for the surveyor to find out any issues the house might have, and that means you can only view a few houses before you've paid the house price in survey fees.