Where do (de)motivational poster artwork fit on this? I used to have a lot of "the death star needs you" fake recruiting posters up at work.

To make it more (de)motivational, as part of its employment retention policy, the Death Star added a state-of-the-art daycare center. https://www.daycaresdontcare.org/Humor/DeathStar.htm

I think of it as a lesson that just because your company treats you well, that doesn't make it a good company.

That Onion story came out in 1996, which means I read it in the newspaper version.