Seems to me you worked at the same place I did, and quit.
A little story here. One place I worked at had the exact bolded attitude towards their instructors. A person walks in one day, and he owns a Mooney. He wants an IPC/BFR. Now mind you, we were all "contract" employees. And there was no contract to sign. Just a "gentlemans agreement." The kid that was in charge of who knows what, tells the guy, that he will have to fly one of their effed up 172's if he wants to do buisness at that local. The guy, and rightly so, refuses to fly a 172 when he owns a Mooney. He comes up to me, and asks me if I will help him out. And I agree, but like I was told in my "gentlemans agreement" I tell him we will discuss it outside. After I finish, I get called into the office manager's office for a talking to. She told me (notice the quotes) "thanks for takeing money out of our pocket for the airplane rental." I think to myself "WHAT, are you even serious right now?" Had they told the guy something along the lines of we'd like you to use one of our airplanes, but there is our instructors cards, pick one of them up and give them a call, then mabey, just mabey, he would have bought charts, supplies, and mabey had some maintence done there.
So Back to the talking to. I ask her if I am an employee, to which she relpies no. So I tell her then I'll do what I damn well please when it doesn't concern them. She then proceeds to tell me that I have the "privilage" of useing their airplanes (which were maint. nighmares, in poor shape, etc.), and also have the privilage of useing their building that has AC, etc. Well, lastime I check, the pilots lounge had all that stuff, and it was free as well. And the compter wasn't so locked down that I could actually do a proper wx brief. And the worst part, the rest of the instructors there put up with it because "it's a job."
Now the way I see it. We are there to scratch each others back. I make sure your airplanes get flown so you can generate revenue, and bring people into the pilot shop, so that no matter where it comes from, there is money comming in. And you provide me with the tools to generate income for myself. If someone wants to pull out the "privilage" card, you have the privilage of me generating you income from me teaching people in your airplanes, and I have the privilage of useing your airplanes to feed my family. If you pay me fairly for the work I do, and don't require me to be there with no pay, we will have a great relationship. If you pay me poorly for the work I do, or don't allow me to charge a fair price for my knowledge, and require me to be there with no incentive, then how do you expect me to take care of you, if you don't take care of me.
I am not some dumb kid who wants to fly simply because it is fun. I have a family, and everyminute you require me to stay away from them with no incentive (read as benifit to my family) just makes me angry. And if you constantly make me angry, I am not going to take care of you