Who didn't like Mr. Commie? We bumped heads many times and I respected him. He was an intelligent well spoken guy who is missed. Assuming someone took his job.
An unsubstantiated arbitrary metric pulled out of someone's ass. Push as best you can, ask an occasional question and under your educated and experienced breath tell (x) to screw themselves. It's just not that critical.
There is friction between the two TL's mentioned. Work with yours, ask questions. What's your work history? Gender? Age? They will never be satisfied, do your best. They sound like inexperienced assholes.