this sounds like it's ignoring political realities. if you find against the employee, they are gone; if you find for them, now there is a manager, maybe an impo

this sounds like it's ignoring political realities. if you find against the employee, they are gone; if you find for them, now there is a manager, maybe an important one, at your client who's pissed at you and might make noise about it to higher ups. better for business to do what the manager wants.