I have a suggestion for anyone considering acting on the information in the WSJ article. I suggest that maybe the author of the article has a friend or two in the human-resources department of one of those big tech companies or maybe some executive or lobbyist for a big tech company or industry bought the author a nice lunch or vacation. So before acting on the information in the article, since verifying is easy and inexpensive (by e.g. finding an online forum with employees on it but not employers), I suggest verifying it with a half dozen or so people in the industry you are in.