A short-sighted self-sabotaging strategy. How appropriate to the subject at hand.

I kinda agree that it's not a deal-killer by itself, but it is a red flag. One among many.

• newsletter called "HR News" on medium
• posted in the wrong community ( [email protected] )
• alarmist cartoon illustration (why is this even needed? is there some information being made there that can't be communicated in text? suggests clickbait)
• the fact that the illustration is AI-generated
• the editing seems a little weird... I can kinda guess what "defensively scrambled" means, but it doesn't sound like anything a good editor would let by...