The evil part is when a company uses this to know exactly how much productivity to extract from an employee. We're close to becoming productivity batteries that are now easily swapped out.
What's good and what's likely are not the same thing.
You can have an opinion that yes, but it's not an established fact. It seems to me a cynical view of the world.
"Can an individual manager possibly feel empathy?" is, IMO, a red herring. "Do large corporations typically foster a culture where such empathy is rewarded and encouraged?" can be answered with a pretty strong "no".