My first day at one employer, my HR rep scribbled some numbers on a paper and slid it over to me, saying, "Now this is your annual salary. We consider compensa

My first day at one employer, my HR rep scribbled some numbers on a paper and slid it over to me, saying, "Now this is your annual salary. We consider compensation to be confidential, and ask that you do not discuss it with anyone." "Understood," I replied. "And you don't have to worry: I'm just as ashamed of it as you are."