I'm glad I have you people. My family freaked on me yesterday. Well, I freaked on me yesterday. "Imagine if you will..." the production manager walks up to me and says: "(the owner) says you aren't to work on machines during normal working hours" I just laughed. Fixing machines is part of my job. I can't do that during normal working hours now.
I took my toolbag home. It's now $40 an hour to repair machines. Regardless.
ID10T error there.
The hunt for a rational employer continues.