Not confidentiality: Ankur Warikoo gets candid about why companies hide salaries and treat them as secrets
Published on: Dec. 20, 2025, 9:20 p.m. | Source: The Economic Times
In a recent post, entrepreneur Ankur Warikoo shared why companies go to great lengths to hide salaries, exposing a surprising truth: its rarely about confidentiality. Sharing his own finances openly, Warikoo highlights how structured transparency—not secrecy—builds fairness, accountability, and clarity in workplaces. At his startup, public salaries enforce discipline and prevent mismatched expectations, offering a radical lesson in how systems, not moral postures, shape financial honesty and employee trust.
