It seems your .bashrc is just a link to some other place .bashrc -> /home/likewise-open/company/user/dotfiles/.bashrc.

This is not a normal attitude, so instead of using sudo or whatever you have to bring it back to its normal place.

sudo cp /home/likewise-open/company/user/dotfiles/.bashrc ~

Then now change ownership if it's not owned by you:

sudo chown your-username:your-username ~/.bashrc

Now ensure it has the correct permissions:

chmod 644 ~/.bashrc

But since you say this:

When I try to cd into dotfiles, it says directory does not exist.

This means the /home/likewise-open/company/user/dotfiles/.bashrc file is not founded and had been deleted, so for that you get the message:

Can't open linked file for editing

This means the link is point to non existing file thus a broken link.

So you get a default bashrc file from /etc/skell

cp /etc/skel/.bashrc ~/