Why Do Employers Keep Salaries Secret?

Charles Towers-Clark
5 min readNov 15, 2018

Opening up the company coffers, and letting employees choose their compensation, is a step toward better business practices.

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Letting people choose their own salary works. With employee engagement in a state of stagnation, and 79% of workers citing ‘lack of appreciation’ as their reason for leaving a job, opening up salaries is a powerful way to show your employees they are trusted. While it may…

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Charles Towers-Clark

Becoming an expert on initiative and proactiveness in organisations. Author of "The W.E.I.R.D. CEO", Forbes contributor, ex-Chairman of Pod Group.