there are multiple things i do not need…

When he reaches Assistant (to the) Regional Manager, things start to matter. Sales are important and he starts working on his own. No Michael, no Jim. Which is good, because he can say what he wants and he doesn’t have to compromise and his car is better and he can play his music as loud as he wants.

He gets the “team feel” from laser-tag victories (it isn’t just a sport). Nothing is more important than the contracts he signs (on paper). So connecting to another salesman can wait for team building. He can intimidate a client with his intensity, and list every price for every type of paper Dunder-Mifflin carries from memory.

He didn’t do a lot of work with anyone anyways. He could succeed his own way; other people messed around on company time.

He still listens to Michael because a true employee radiates their power and Michael Scott is powerful.