I look at it this way. I worked nearly 20 years for this company, keeping my head down, doing my job. Was intensely friendly to my co workers, helping them if I could. Was calm in the face of adversity, laid back with those working for me. I did NOT play the game that many played, brown nosing the LL4s and LL5s. And Im NOT sorry one bit.
I may have been let go this week, but I never once compromised my belief system. You shouldn't have to lick another's boots to keep food on the table.
One LL4 was seemingly always busy cursing someone out or even throwing a water bottle across the room during a conference call. Another, openly critical during an offsite departmental picnic. A picnic! LL5s ranged from incompetent aloof baffoons to actually pretty good managers. I appreciated the good ones, abhored the bad ones.
These aren't the type of people I follow. These aren't the type of people to look up to, or cozy up to. And I sleep better at night knowing I made the infinitely right choice everytime I said No. And just did my job.
Extremely well said @ZcNw2js-rno .