Not just for clout.

There's a good chance he's saying that to get people to apply at where he works, and people would be told (or at least think) that exceptions to the written rule are frequent and not a big deal.

Then when the new round of (likely disposable) employees ask for something, they're told to fuck off an to read their hiring agreement.

Usually the worst a business is, the more they make up weird stories about how cool it is to work there. Because they have to trick people into accepting positions.