[awfullyjohn]

Agreed. This is more about seeing the perspective of the employer than the employee. Managers who claw their way up expect employees to do the same.

Also, it'd be interesting to see his manager's perspective in this all as he claws his way up. I'm betting there were points where, just as he thinks he's getting what he wants all along by lying (why are his lies always in parentheses?), management is thinking they had this planned all along as well.