It is my observation that toxic work environments are especially unproductive in software companies. Someone who hires a team with the idea of getting the cheap

It is my observation that toxic work environments are especially unproductive in software companies. Someone who hires a team with the idea of getting the cheapest and and most pliant workers is setting himself up to be forever surrounded by incompetence; real or perceived. A sailboat with no friction (keel) can only run before the wind; it is wholly unable to sail against the wind.