Love the back and forth of the characters in this. It definitely feels like a job-site in that everyone is bickering and quibbling.
I think the theme is clear here, but it also seems like Ferdinand's crew stumbled upon these consequences by accident rather than their actions. Sure, Ferdinand is clearly not a great project manager, but the impact of the consequences would be far grater if he had some idea that this was going to happened, but ignored the warning signs out of desperation or foolishness.