Same way anyone working at a traditional casino does, I'd imagine.

same as you. wake up, go to work, waste your day on hackernews, collect a big fat pay check, take a 2 week vacation to Disney world with the stacks your bringing in.

What the heck does the company (Polymarket) have to do with any of this?

There's nothing wrong with a prediction market. There are a lot of reasons why they're helpful in judging the probability of future events more accurately than any single analyst, and are therefore a net benefit to society, no different from newspapers and stock markets.

These are just individuals making criminal threats. They're the bad guys here. They don't work for Polymarket or anything. Your comment is like saying you can't imagine how anyone could go to work at the Olympics after Nancy Kerrigan got struck by Tonya Harding's ex-husband. Something criminal happened, but the Olypmics are not the one responsible.

I would bet it’s some combination of

1) “I believe in what we’re doing as a mostly positive force in the world”

2) “Eh, the money is good”

Probably the same way FB people feel, probably the same way Palantir people feel, etc etc

Psychopaths don't care about ethics, much less if money is involved. At best they feel indifference, at worst enjoyment.