It's even worse than that because he silently assumes that middle management and team coordinators are unable to determine whether someone has worked or not oth

It's even worse than that because he silently assumes that middle management and team coordinators are unable to determine whether someone has worked or not other than by registering their presence. That attitude makes no sense, if a company cannot evaluate the results of their employees' work, then it is doomed. He knows that, of course, he's just being an a**hole. I would never work for someone like that.