It’s not how hard you work or how well you do things, it only matters that other people think you work hard and do a good job. You gotta make sure others think you’re great! Doesn’t matter if you really are or not. Sad but true.
This post made me laugh, but I think OP @1cjz+1eJsTQdZ is right. At ATT, you gotta pretend to work hard in order to be more valued.