Any company where revenues are the highest goal (and all publicly traded companies should be this way; it's an obligation to share holders) will, generally speaking, select for assholes and sociopaths.
How strong that selection is, how pervasive, and how quickly it happens are variables in the equation, but the effect is the same, and it sucks.
Probably, but it's not limited to Microsoft.
Any company where revenues are the highest goal (and all publicly traded companies should be this way; it's an obligation to share holders) will, generally speaking, select for assholes and sociopaths.
How strong that selection is, how pervasive, and how quickly it happens are variables in the equation, but the effect is the same, and it sucks.