Agree, it's positive -- the corp. ladder.

BTW, being sarcastic is negative -- it makes the room dark, makes the working relationship intoxicated, of course, as a result, somebody like that should be tossed out.

"Projecting to a higher position" is very good, because it helps make the whole system move up, good for everybody. Actually, it's not that easy to get stuck -- if somebody does not grow, he will be tossed out either:).

Kevin pissed off his manager, as well as the upper leadership, it does not make any sense for him to stay there. For an old industry, in an traditional old corp, he has come to a dead end -- why don't just move on?