full disclosure: I've met Amal at a couple conferences and talked to her a few times, but don't claim to know her extremely well. I have no particular reason t

full disclosure: I've met Amal at a couple conferences and talked to her a few times, but don't claim to know her extremely well. I have no particular reason to doubt the factual claims she's made so far (NPM employees laid off / pushed out due to COLA salary drops). Given that, I would say her resulting statements are pretty justified. I've never been in a hiring position, so I can't speculate on how that would make me view things from that angle.