Personally that seems like a better alternative to the PR downplay of engineering accomplishments to make space for the praise and glory of managers and funders.
It may not be happening to people you particularly care about so it may escape your notice, but headlines and social media posts with videos of this happening appear with regularity.
Anecdotally I've heard my friends who work in small business food and alcohol places as servers, cooks, bartenders, etc. call their bosses and business owners sociopaths more than once in unrelated conversations.