I can't speak for the ethics of the other members of the management team, but I think it's unreasonable to assume that the decision was made for any other reaso

I can't speak for the ethics of the other members of the management team, but I think it's unreasonable to assume that the decision was made for any other reason than necessity. It may be that the decision to hire new people a week earlier was out of optimism that moving to the bay area was not going to be necessary.