The next raise was a good one. No hot assistant.. Hell, no assistant at all.
Beer fridge...hummm.
The satisfaction that the buffoon got waxed was enough of a payment.
Three years later the plant was bought by a competitor. The President came to the lab and asked me what I would like to see done in the lab.
My main response was to remove the "contract worker" status from the 4 lab techs and make them full-time employees.
He liked that I stood up for my staff and did that immediately.
Alas, he has retired and now we are ruled by a 'nano' manager President.