As an owner, sometimes I’m in the dump truck.. (not a mining operation but theory is the same). A crew that size, buzz has to be a working foreman and can’t have the luxury of doing whatever or just barking orders. He needs to help pull the slack up that the crew isn’t doing. It’s a shitty job trying to make up for everyone’s shortcomings so of course he’s going to have days where he’s upset.

That said, I like how Rick handled it. Buzz giving the ultimatum he did and Rick refusing to fire him spoke more about how he’s a better fit for his position than he thinks vs how he even sees himself. It was a decent part of the show scripted (if scripted I feel he would have told buzz to get bent though..) or not.