>Could a company be sued for hiring someone grossly incompetent on the basis they did not vet the employees competence? Not sure. I have personally never heard

>Could a company be sued for hiring someone grossly incompetent on the basis they did not vet the employees competence? Not sure. I have personally never heard of it but that is hardly conclusive. Its not the kind of job where individuals are out making decisions on their own as a rule. Particularly at established companies people's work likely has to pass assorted automated tests and rounds of human review and testing. And then the companies software is wrapped in extremely carefully worded licences and contracts to limit liability. Also bear in mind that software is typically produced behind closed doors. The external users of the software likely have no idea as to the identities of the humans producing the software they use. You would never know if someone incompetent was hired (assuming their poor quality work somehow got released) because you don't know if the software is being produced by 1 or 100 humans.