When Your Salah Pace at Work Gets Questioned

As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I'm at this new workplace (only a few weeks in) where there are several other Muslims who've been there much longer. Alhamdulillah, there's a dedicated prayer space provided, which is great. I can't really say for sure how well management understands our religious practices though. Here's what happened: I've noticed my Muslim coworkers complete their prayers relatively quickly. May Allah accept their worship. But when we pray at the same time, I'm often still on my first rakah while they're moving into their second or third. Personally, I find that rushing affects my khushu, tajweed, and tuma'ninah-I want to pray properly, especially as someone who learned early on not to 'steal from your salah.' I also try to include my sunnah prayers whenever possible, since three of the daily prayers fall during my work hours. Even though I use my breaks and let those around me know when I'm stepping away to pray, management recently gave me a warning about 'extended absences.' Their reasoning? 'If the others only need a few minutes, why do you take longer?' The thing is, our workplace isn't exactly high-pressure-people sometimes take long personal breaks without anyone noticing. But now I'm wondering what to do if this comes up again. Do I explain that everyone's salah can vary? Do I try to speed up my prayer? Or is it time to consider other options? JazakAllah khair for any thoughts.