The thing I think is funny in all this is that hiring a new manager is fraught with a high amount of risk (more so than an engineer), but they don't have nearly

The thing I think is funny in all this is that hiring a new manager is fraught with a high amount of risk (more so than an engineer), but they don't have nearly the level of hurdles to get over. Does the company interview past employees of the manager? Did the manager applicant have alcohol, drug issues, or weird sexual things he did to his direct reports or others? Or, instead, would you enjoy his presence on a golf outing? I know one manager who had issues with all three got hired at Google. So. Think of the poor HR person that will have to clean up that mess.