[fkyoureadthedoc]

There's no inherent reason they wouldn't retain favor for their former colleagues and friends from my viewpoint

[dathinab]

I mean positive sentiment between people they worked with might literally have gotten them the job (as they most likely worked with people which have influence on this hiring decision during their time as lobbyist. And a huge part of lobby work is to create positive personal connections with people from the other side through whatever mean is possible which doesn't count as bribe. You could say positive personal sentiment is the WD40(lubricant) of smooth manipulation of political outcomes)