If that were genuinely the company strategy then why would they bother to hire testers _at all?_ It smacks more of "we know that software must be tested, and t

If that were genuinely the company strategy then why would they bother to hire testers _at all?_ It smacks more of "we know that software must be tested, and this looks like testing so this is what we must do" - a recognition of a requirement, but not one which has been adequately implemented and fulfilled. There may have genuinely been nobody there who knew any better.