A lot of managers and CEOs behave in this way. It is their privileged training ground. Of course it isn't effective if the environment is more to employee than

A lot of managers and CEOs behave in this way. It is their privileged training ground. Of course it isn't effective if the environment is more to employee than employer like current situation. Once in a while they will hit a jackpot of star employee that is willing to be enslaved. If things turn sour, they can just jump to another company. As long as market and board of directors are incompetent like those HR, these kind of pricks will be able to survive. Their niche are there.