I think that folks have widely varying tolerances for language ("oppressive" is a good word for it) of this sort. Context matters, too, but it doesn't mitigate in this case because it is directed at Bobby and his peers. It would be a little different, for example, if it was directed at hypothetical competitors, or at Comcast; but to insult your teammates (or as Billy saw it, employees) to their faces is something else.

I've personally grown to be fairly intolerant of screed like this, and language of this sort has been a factor (among other factors) behind me leaving at least one job now. But it's costly (in dollars) to vote with your feet like that. At the end of the day, we all need to pay the bills.