I have a different take on this. I was nauseated. Reminded me of Pushing Tin - perhaps the worst movie ever made...

The guy's lucky his mgr. didn't pull the tapes. He would have gotten a letter in his file, along with no bonus (which is really the money they stole from the newhires).
They are not fooling around and will go after you for the most seeminginly insignificant things.