Ask HN: What caused Microsoft employees to stop throwing chairs at walls?

> This used to occur in the 90s.

Did it? Is there any documentary evidence? And, if it actually did occur, how often did it occur? I'm skeptical.

Let's say Microsoft employees did throw chairs at walls in the 90s. You can bet management would pull the employees doing that aside and read them the riot act. And get them to pay for any repairs to the walls.

>What caused Microsoft employees to stop throwing chairs at walls?

Whatever caused them to start doing it probably had an expired certificate . . .

It's all about work culture. If crap like that is accepted at work then it continues. Both Gates and Ballmer have this over the top personalities where yelling and screaming and throwing things is part of a day's work. We saw that type of energy over and over in the presentations they gave and the articles written about them.

Nadella is a different type of CEO so the culture will follow his lead. I doubt throwing chairs is one of his go-to moves. He has other ways to make his point.

did this actually happen? I cannot see this being tolerated for long anywhere

More expensive chairs?

They moved to Amazon?