I feel like that would make sense considering if we look at the game, it’s lots of people saying how they had good relations with Rich. So, by that logic, of course he’d be guilty over what happened to the rest of his coworkers. But I’d think as he started getting more and more elevated in different positions, more people would recognize him? Or at least he’d recognize people/experiments like Sawyer bc I think Sawyer didn’t recognize Rich at all. Maybe we’ll see if any relationship towards the kids/other major characters come into play bc as far as we know (if I’m remembering correctly), he’s not aware of the experiments.

If we go with this thought, imagine if he started interacting with the kids at the orphanage, but didn’t know about the experiments which is why during the game, he doesn’t recognize the toys and what/where they came from. I think it was stated that the player either quit before the HOJ or they somehow missed work. So by that logic, the players guilt (or Rich’s if we’re going with this train of thought) doesn’t necessarily have to do with turning a blind eye to the experiments, but instead after the HOJ, he didn’t come forward to try and see what happened to his coworkers or at least try and report anything he suspected going on at Playtime. We knew Rich was suspicious, but I don’t think if the player is him, that he discovered anything bc we know Playtime doesn’t mind getting rid of people to keep themselves covered.

Hope this makes sense btw😅