And only the fact that he fired Czesiek shortly after, in a rather machiavellian manner at that - by sending an SMS 'You work here not easy kaput finito', allowed him to reach that 67th position at all.
The way he reached 67th position was unethical. 
mnli hypothesis: The way he reached 67th position was unethical.  premise: And only the fact that he fired Czesiek shortly after, in a rather machiavellian manner at that - by sending an SMS 'You work here not easy kaput finito', allowed him to reach that 67th position at all.