Ethics and morality have no place at BNY Mellon. It's all about exploiting employees, finding loopholes in the law, smoke-and-mirrors record keeping, etc. They have admitted to fraud on numerous occasions, and once accepted a fine of 970 million dollars (2010). I think the most recent fine was 54 million?
Nobody should be surprised that such a money-grubbing and morally bankrupt organization would resort to fabricated performance reviews aimed at encouraging older and more expensive employees out the door.