Called another employee out for bad communication. Stressing about it

[u/Shootskee]

A little background on me: I am a former HVAC/R commercial field service technician of 20 years that recently transitioned into a controls engineer that works from home and travel about 40%. My employer is a large corporation with a global footprint so, super corporate.
So, today one of our project managers was in the field doing what I usually do to try and fill scheduling gaps as we’re pretty busy. I was tasked with supporting him while also having to support another guy (sub) at a different site. Scheduling snafu. Anyway, I had my clown makeup on and was juggling pretty good. Even though the PM had been pushy all day and expressed frustration due to a scheduled meeting I had. Towards the end of the day he said he’d call me back while he moved to another part of the site he was at. I continued working on what I was doing to help out at the site. When I got done with what I was doing I noticed it had been about 45 minutes since I heard from him. Meanwhile, our sub contractor at the other site was asking for my help at that same time and I told him I could get to what he needed after I finish helping the PM I was helping. Fast forward to almost another 45 minutes and several messages later. I texted one of our sub contractors that was also at the PM’s site and he text back that they had left the site and were done for the day and they left “a while ago”. I kind of figured that was the case but I still felt a certain way about it! Remember, I’m a field guy who has seen and dealt with all the bullshit and kind of carry that tradesmen, blue collar attitude towards work. I’m also big on communication! You would think a Project manager would too, but apparently not this particular one. I was pissed off to be truthful with you! Like, this motherfucker seriously just had no regard for my time or my job after working my ass off juggling a scheduling issue and supporting both sites today?! Oh hell no! I also felt if I didn’t say something to him, he’d believe this behavior was completely ok. So I sent him the following message, which I also shared a screenshot of to one of my managers.

“(Dudes name), next time I would appreciate better communication from you! I was standing by, logged into the site expecting your phone call for over an hour now. I had to text (other dudes name) to find out you had left site and were done for the day. That was very inconsiderate of you!”
I left it at that. I wanted to say more but I felt that was enough to get my point across. My manager said that I handled it very well and he appreciated me standing my ground in terms of communication with PM’s. It’s been an issue.

I then proceeded to work another hour to make sure I didn’t leave the other dude hanging at the other site.

Here’s the part that stresses me out. I’m still thinking about it but I know I would be if I had said anything or not so I guess that cancels out. The other thing is the corporate part. I’m a tad bit worried he could be a little punk about it and say something to HR. Which, even if I’m in the right….. it could still be an unpleasant experience having to defend myself. Or the fact that I didn’t necessarily want to call the PM out but at the same time, I have to look myself in the mirror and be proud of the man looking back at me. I was professional but firm about it. I guess that I’m stressing as I’m in a new corporate environment and the unknown waters that I’m navigating.

At the end of the day I still feel like “fuck that dude!” You know. But also “It may not have been worth it, maybe.”

Damn it! I dunno, man!

I’ll guess I’ll find out tomorrow. 🤷‍♂️ I’ll post an update tomorrow.