I am that hot headed employee.
Not Dan's, but the same type of guy he describes.
How come no one here( besides Rick) has asked "What is he getting upset about?"
For me is was lack of any respect for the work I set up- if another person was to produce materials/operations for a job I was in charge of, I usually got it late or different from what I asked for. And rarely was I able to get it re-done. Anybody could make changes to my work it seemed and I was to just deal with it.
For me it was a complete lack of respect for the time line i was trying to keep- if it ran over, it ran over. After all, I was the only one who had to answer for it.
For me, no one gave a damn for the quality of work I tried to produce - hey it's not their work, right? I spent more than a few evenings and weekends re-doing door fit ups, sand throughs, and re-finishing. And this was by people I knew could do fine work, one of them world class.
Complain to the Boss? No, then I was just bitchin'. Boss stayed out of the floor dynamic. And more than once I was blasted by a customer for being late, because I was the 'lead man'.
Look, the money was good- $25 pr hr- and I did get to do some fine work, but I got to where I had to put my hands on everything and bust my ass to get things made.
I complained to the Boss for the last time when he decided that a phone message from my wife wasn't important enough to deliver to me-after all, he had to walk onto the shop floor. I won't repeat the following conversation....
So, whats your guy mad about?