1) for those of you blaming the Poster (happppy), there are 2 things that indicate it is not him, but rather the other person: A) 'his previous team laid him o

1) for those of you blaming the Poster (happppy), there are 2 things that indicate it is not him, but rather the other person: A) 'his previous team laid him off' <- obviously some issue B) 'he's a friend of my manager' <- why he was not fully laid off 2) I have been in your shoes, or similar a few times. Often they have been assigned as my boss. I have also been in the opposite where the junior thought they knew more, but that is a different story. I see 3 possible paths: 1) Expose him as a fake - this will require you to enlist a senior person whom others respect. Most likely from the group he left. 2) Leave - this can be to another company or to the group he came from. They would be sympathetic to your cause, and if HR is not run by idiots, turn up a red flag to a problem. 3) Suck it up - I did this once, not again.