It sounds like this wasn’t exactly the kind of job where leaving right on the spot while in the middle of a key project was easily doable. In fact, it says like nine times out of ten, doing this would only make matters more complicated when you return to work the following day.
Clearly, the engineer tried to explain this reasoning to his manager, to no avail. Instead, his manager was far too concerned with the optics of having his employees stay late. What a surprise! A manager too obsessed with how he looks as a manager instead of ensuring that the quality of his employees’ work is strong? Groundbreaking…