I agree that opportunities for redemption are important... and it looks as if this is literally his very next job after being fired, an extremely high-trust pos

I agree that opportunities for redemption are important... and it looks as if this is literally his very next job after being fired, an extremely high-trust position with no intervening events to indicate he's reformed or learned better. That indicates whomever hired him is either incompetent, or they did so because they plan something malicious and need a compromised henchman and/or scapegoat.