 There's also the comments about kids that he's tired of including, my child is sick or I need to pick them up, can I take off? But before you write him off as a terrible boss, there's a deeper explanation here. He says he hires people to do a job and he trusts them to get it done. He says he doesn't need employees to account for every hour of their day and that people should not be treated like children. All that matters is to get the work done. Oh, and people are happy.