Ok, now fire him.
The fact they had to do this to earn a promotion is an institutional problem. Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

hate the game.

Game rules: You want a promotion? Make something cool, improve something while using approaches that will show that you deserve a higher position and, therefore, a bigger salary.

Player: (Lies and creates shit that is even worse than the initial situation.)

Lemmy: Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

You are contradicting yourself. If writing bullshit and making things worse gets you a better career position

You want a promotion? Make something cool, improve something while using approaches that will show that you deserve a higher position and, therefore, a bigger salary

Is not the rule of the game. Sell your story to your superiors is the rule of the game, that’s the real metric, the the thing that really matters.

Some people will do anything to justify scumbag behavior. How about instead of trying to define what a player and a game are we just say “this guy is clearly a scumbag, he should be sued”.
The scumbag behavior is from the employer. He’s only fighting fire with fire.
Some people will do anything to justify scumbag behavior