This looks less like a model issue and more like a systems design problem. A vague objective (“make money”) without constraints, budgeting, or basic rules will

This looks less like a model issue and more like a systems design problem. A vague objective (“make money”) without constraints, budgeting, or basic rules will naturally lead to this kind of behavior. The agent just optimizes whatever it was given. The wage issue is similar. So the real problem is we’re letting agents make decisions without any real governance (resources, policies, auditing).