Comment by mr_toad

Dilbert was at the bottom of the McCloud hierarchy:

https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:852/0*1sY0ftV55FfIGW_-...

But so were Alice and Asok; being aggressive and proactive didn’t get them anywhere. The ones at the top, like Catbert and Dogbert weren’t just aggressive, they were sociopaths.