"A week later, I found myself in an elite group of 10 successful applicants convening for two (paid) days of training in the same claustrophobic, windowless roo

"A week later, I found myself in an elite group of 10 successful applicants convening for two (paid) days of training in the same claustrophobic, windowless room." Is this supposed to be tongue-in-cheek humour? "elite"? EDIT: ok I shouldn't have expected any less. This is just a corporate puff piece, with the writer praising Walmart every half a dozen words or so.