I think aside from the hypocrisy and poor taste of the specific sentiment expressed, the other thing that I find telling is that Golan's instinct was that manag

I think aside from the hypocrisy and poor taste of the specific sentiment expressed, the other thing that I find telling is that Golan's instinct was that management at competing companies should collectively agree to drive down wages. His perspective is centered not around competition between his company and others, but about management at all companies against a group of workers. And for those in the US, perhaps this idea of companies colluding to keep down wages recalls the non-poaching deal among many US tech giants from several years ago. I suspect the exception here was voicing this in a relatively public way, where at least normally executives would have the sense to do this quietly.