While I'm inclined to agree with you that this was probably the intent, it probably should have been in an "about us" section rather than in the big list of per

While I'm inclined to agree with you that this was probably the intent, it probably should have been in an "about us" section rather than in the big list of perks (captioned by "which of the following would tempt you away from where you work"). These things do matter, even if the apologists would rather live in a world where they wouldn't. Frankly, the best evidence to me that this is an endemic problem is that we have one of these every three months and they seem to keep happening. There's always someone who missed the last memo, it seems.