I don’t think most American employers have any confusion about what an engineering technology degree is intended to be. I think the bigger misconception is on the part of students, who then are sometimes in for a shock after graduation when their degree doesn’t get them into jobs they may have assumed it could.
Traditional state universities wouldn’t be offering the degree if it was unemployable. The economics and politics wouldn’t support it.
By all appearances, the poster here has clear eyes about what an engineering degree is and entails, so it seems like a situation where ET is warranted.