All I can speak from is observation and experience. And in both, I have never worked under a manager so stupid that they can’t spot laziness. To be honest, if

All I can speak from is observation and experience. And in both, I have never worked under a manager so stupid that they can’t spot laziness. To be honest, if you’re a manager who can’t spot incompetence or laziness, then you deserve every bit of it. Same with upper management who hires managers who can’t spot incompetence. It’s really not hard at all. I don’t get why OP is the bad guy when he literally meets ALL expectations per their manager’s own words.