As my teacher always said so nicely: "Mighty is the locksmith's power when he works with the lever!" I think this fits quite well here too.
From my point of view, several points come together. As you already recognized, the construction in your example image is much better for the dowel. The disadvantage is that the step must be formed so that the plate is not visible afterwards. During the installation of the steel dowels, I suspect an installation error. With correctly installed dowels, there is usually no slip, but a cone breakout of the concrete. My suspicion is neglected hole cleaning. I once had a 2.5-day training at Würth on dowel technology. We set two identical anchors, but only cleaned one hole. The difference was striking. The correctly installed dowel had the load capacity according to the data sheet and a nice breakout cone. The other was simply pulled out of the hole, with not even half the load capacity. The drilling dust should be imagined like chip gravel. What I also don't like is the very close spacing of the dowels.
If you agree with the company on a rework, insist that someone from Hilti, Fischer, Würth, … be invited before installation to make a dowel proposal.