This reads a bit like an "I've got this friend who" story.
If you make as many spelling mistakes in your tech log entries I am surprised that they are still paying you at all.
Seriously this is a scandalous way to treat an engineer in a position as you describe, really if they will not pay you for the approval why should you use it.
Only one thing for you to do and that is to vote with your feet.
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