I do not think you can trust everything you find on 4chan. Yes, dysfunctional companies exists. No, someone writing something on 4chan does not imply it ever happened.
Which is why I stated I've read about that on 4chan and not taken is as a truth.
That being I highly believe that stuff like this has and is happening right now.
I've worked in consultancy enough to know that many job's securities revolve around solving specific issues, and if the issues don't exist job security gets lower.