Depressing work, depressing company.

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I’ve been extremely depressed at work these past few days; now I’m writing in this forum to share my frustrations. I’m sure many of you have experienced the same thing. I was on the night shift yesterday and today. Last night, one of the pumps needed maintenance; as the equipment was important, work continued throughout the night. Around 6:30 a.m., the mechanical repairs were completed, and then electrical wiring was arranged for a test run. At 7:30 in the morning, as soon as my supervisor in charge of maintenance arrived at work, he asked me how the maintenance work was progressing. I said that the electrician was still wiring things together. Upon hearing that work was still in progress, he got angry and said why hadn’t it been finished yet after an entire night; the mechanic started working at 4 a.m ； It was done in 00; just connecting an electrical wire took almost 4 hours. Damn it, I asked who said it’s machine repair 4 ； Is 00 done? The boss said it was the professional team leader who said that. In our unit, the professional team leader is usually in charge of maintenance, while our shift supervisor is responsible for production. Relying on the professional team leader, it was not until 4 a.m. that the maintenance staff managed to align the equipment properly; everything had to be centered and the screws tightened to 6 tightness levels ； It wasn’t until 30 minutes after the maintenance work was done that they said it was okay to connect the wires. So I told my supervisor about what had happened, and to my surprise he said that the electrician on shift yesterday took less than 10 minutes to disconnect the wire. The electrician from my department took an hour just to connect a wire. They criticized me harshly; of course, I was busy with production in the morning and couldn’t go there to check the electrical wiring, and they thought my electrician had done a great job. I asked the three electricians who were on duty tonight about the reason for this, and they were also very angry. They said everything was locked up, and they had to pick the locks just to find a screw; it’s as if they don’t trust us at all. How much do screws cost? Trash. It blames us when something goes wrong. I’m on the night shift today; I just finished work and I’m extremely angry. This morning, the supervisor in charge of maintenance brought over some old work orders, saying they were not up to standard and that there would be a evaluation as a result. I checked, and there is one issued by me, dated early last month; the maintenance period was 50 days. After the maintenance was completed, the ticket was closed without any signature. I said that this one was issued by me, but the maintenance period is long and it’s not within my shift to cancel the ticket; the cancellation wasn’t done properly. We work in shifts of four, with three shifts per day. Some maintenance tasks cannot necessarily be completed during the shift on which we are working. Our maintenance procedure requires that work orders be issued by our shift supervisor, while the supervision of maintenance activities is handled by the team leader in charge of that specialty. The supervisor actually said that the team responsible for the maintenance work should complete the work orders afterward; with our four-shift, three-shift rotation system, it’s possible that we won’t be on the day shift even after completing the maintenance work over several months. Besides, there are professional team leaders who are on regular shifts for maintenance work; once the maintenance is completed and verified, it’s still necessary for us to conduct another verification. Besides, this ticket has no signature after it was invalidated; it’s not in the handwriting of any of us four shift leaders. Someone is abusing our authority, and yet they still want to hold me accountable without identifying the responsible person. I disagree, but there’s nothing I can do.