Power differential is everything. Jobs and Musk founded companies. They were always the boss. The boss can afford to be belligerent. Can employees afford that?

Power differential is everything. Jobs and Musk founded companies. They were always the boss. The boss can afford to be belligerent. Can employees afford that? Here's my question: Did Jobs and Musk allow their employees to berate them as much as they berated their employees? If so, then good for them! But I suspect not, in which case, they're just hypocrites and bullies. If some belligerence is required for success, who gets to succeed? Only the boss?