It's simply stating he plans to have it wiped. It does not make any statement about the companies plans.
IMO, even if my company wiped a laptop they gave to me, I'd do another wipe just to make sure it's perfectly fresh and clean. It's way easier to transfer to a pristine Mac than one that's had all of the initial setup skipped to validate a wipe.
It seems the person's statement I've found is not incongruent with the company also wiping it.