In my point of view, founders who believe that kind of "tactics" send me the message that they, either unconsciously or consciously, believe the people they hir

In my point of view, founders who believe that kind of "tactics" send me the message that they, either unconsciously or consciously, believe the people they hire are intellectually inferior than themselves. It's like they don't expect a fair and mutual beneficial transaction with their business counter-parties. I would personally take that as an insult if they treat me with that. Let alone a company always hiring people dumber than its founder couldn't be doing too well.