They’re all Bay Area engineers. So switching jobs is an inconvenience with a raise on the other side. The changes aren’t their ideas but it’s not like they can’t refuse. They can just work anywhere else. They probably don’t care.
The things you are holding people accountable for are very questionable in almost all cases. In most cases it just comes off as jealousy that someone is doing better than you.
I’m all for being held accountable. But i put very little weight in public opinion being something that we should even think about at this point.
That is certainly a very convenient way of dismissing something you find uncomfortable.