Telling—being very generous—a lie couched in exaggerated hypotheticals (the lie: if sharing comp harms the company, it's the fault of the person who shared it,

Telling—being very generous—a lie couched in exaggerated hypotheticals (the lie: if sharing comp harms the company, it's the fault of the person who shared it, not management; exaggeration: this will have some huge and harmful effect on the company such that employees are significantly harmed) to your employees to keep them from acting in their own best interest is—still being very generous—kinda shitty.