i genuinely think that if you’re not one of the people he’s deeply invested in fucking with (ie, Archive staff) elias is actually genuinely a pretty decent boss. and i imagine that given i don’t think the Institute is a big workplace, everyone’s had at least a few conversations with him and like, doesn’t hate him.
idk. i just can’t see him doing shit like kicking up a fuss about people needing to take time off, or needing schedule changes, even for asinine stupid reasons. maybe he fucks with his employees a bit to feed the eye but not in ways which make him a horrible terrible boss (Archives staff not included).