I disagree. I've come to this point of view via self awareness of when I've failed this test. You can understand how others might make this mistake quite easily

I disagree. I've come to this point of view via self awareness of when I've failed this test. You can understand how others might make this mistake quite easily. But I also think the employer's behavior here fails your own test. There's no expression of learning that a poor choice was made, just expression of plausible deniability. In some sense, me calling my perspective out as I see it, is a hope that it does affect such change.