Now, this could be because I'm Swedish and here it's taken as self evident truth that you should have a smörgåsbord of benefits, but if they're having problems

Now, this could be because I'm Swedish and here it's taken as self evident truth that you should have a smörgåsbord of benefits, but if they're having problems beating the benefits offered in Silicon Valley, their solution is to invest money into finding people who are equally skilled but don't value security and work-life benefits as much as money? Shouldn't this instead be a signal that work-life balance and security is highly sought after among skilled individuals, and that if the competition can offer it so should they? You'd think that being economists they would look at their counterparts in Silicon Valley and the Nordic Countries, especially their outstanding economic performance, and think "hmmm, maybe we don't have to reinvent the wheel after all, maybe we should try out these benefit thingies that are proven to work?". This test looks more like the answer to "can we find other people to validate our opinion that everything's fine?".