It could be a small part of those people who are doing this in order to have a bigger bonus. Bad incentive structures that cause bad behaviours is not an unknown phenomenon.
I don't doubt that in an organization of thousands of salespeople, some say bad things. But they don't have the ability to act on their threats. That's the point. Salespeople have no ability to influence reviews.
Also, again...nobody offers evidence of these conversations. It's all hearsay. Lots of accusations, but not so much as a link to a profile page to back them up.
