I mean, passing around leeches and bleeding everybody, while performing occult rituals would also be a sign they’re taking the problems seriously. That is separate entirely from whether it’s irrational self sabotage or not

Funny you'd make that example, as that'd make pavlovs point even stronger imo. Hashicorp is a publicly traded company, so their decisions need to primarily please their shareholders. You’d be well served to do exactly as suggested if you’re currently a healthcare provider in an occultist village. You’d be gambling with your life otherwise.

Perception is all that matters in a lot of these cases.

Spot on. Layoffs barely save a dime in software behemoth like Google. Barring few startups that overhired in pandemic, it all boils down to this management tokenism.