Dan should make playing dirty corporate politics grounds for immediate termination. People should be rewarded for results, not for manipulating others or protecting their own power.
My boss gets upset when I speak directly with his boss, insisting that hierarchy must never be bypassed.
Get a grip! This isn’t a feudal kingdom where everyone has to bow to the person above them. It’s a workplace, not a chain of bootlickers.
Tell me dirty politicians of your org who are still surviving.