TS, let's say you successfuly negotiate the salary first

and after receiving the offer letter, they ask for your payslip for formality and confirmation

would you accept?

look at the bigger picture

what TS is doing is market (supply and demand) forces at work

Employer will always want to squeeze more and an employee will always demand more
that's how inflation works

Employee will always demand more salary
Employer will always bitch and moan
but eventually, at the same salary offering, they would get less and less applicant
and eventually, they would have to raise and pay more
that's how salary increment works

eventually, if more people like TS practice this
more employer would just forgo the payslip procedure



both sides will bitch and moan (like in this thread)
but eventually, majority would win
and hopefully, it would be the employee