To be honest, he did fine given the context, but Linus had some issues that would have quickly jeopardized his managing career in almost any companies.
I do not think this is true at most big companies. I have had plenty of managers who are as disagreeable as Linus. At least Linus is usually correct, not true of many managers who no longer understand the technical details.
In recent years, even Linus realised that it was a problem with Linus and took steps to fix it.
There's no way in hell any of us would be ok with our managers treating us the same way Linus treated other engineers. It worked because he's a genius and he controls the Linux project. You had to play by his rules or not at all. Google doesn't have the same advantage - it's not the only game in town.