The biggest thing that jumped out at me was his response, when confronted by his team lead. This manager totally waffled on the issue, than continued to waffle,

The biggest thing that jumped out at me was his response, when confronted by his team lead. This manager totally waffled on the issue, than continued to waffle, using language that just screams (to me) "you're getting screwed and I don't have the balls to be honest with you about what's going on." Managers like that, I have a really hard time trusting.