Imagine a typical hierarchical manager. they have a bunch of devleads under them and decide to hire a "senior dev lead". He could just hire someone on his own

Imagine a typical hierarchical manager. they have a bunch of devleads under them and decide to hire a "senior dev lead". He could just hire someone on his own. But what if he let the other devleads have a say? What if 51% of them protested at his choice. Democracy can start small