Thanks. I've worked my way up at several companies before, often entering at entry level "bottom" positions and eventually (within months or about a year) ending up as an Assistant Manager or a Supervisor for an entire crew or shift. So often, I see those "in control" creating more problems for themselves simply by the way that they treat their employees. Too often, these so-called "leaders" have never been there or done that and completely lack any sort of capability to relate to their employees. Personal, ethical and social standards seem too low at the top for anyone beneath them to reach higher. Here is often where the real difference was noticed. Simply by having high standards that I would not compromise, I stuck out like a sore thumb, and was given many opportunities to "climb the ladder". Of course, there were multiple times that I chose to "climb back down" for various reasons. It's a sad state of affairs when you have to deny the request of your boss to lie for them.

Thanks again for your post and for being a voice of reason and wisdom in this desperate time in our world!