He works in my department as a Manager, wanted to see if he has prior management experience in case he ever ends up being my boss
Lolwut?
I think you are jealous that's all
Poor lad just joined, and his coworkers are already scheming around him 😂
It’s very likely you are talking about my friend. However why don’t you ask him directly?
Want to know if the dude was actually a manager at Apple or made it up. If there is a re-org, and he ends up being my boss, then I want to know that he actually knows what he is doing. Not going to ask him, because if he actually was a manager then I’m the d***, if he wasn’t a manager then he might feel bothered by people that knew that he wasn’t a manager.
“If there is a re-org, and he ends up being my boss, then I want to know that he actually knows what he is doing.” - and what will YOU do with that information? Will you do his job for him? Or just planning to backstab? Why dont you keep it simple, and just do your job, while letting him do his job. We have all seen sh!tty managers with 20 yrs of experience and new managers who excel at the job. Also “actually knowing what he is doing” isn’t necessary even if one has been doing it for many years. (For example, speaking as a woman, Just ask your wife to rate your sexual performance honestly 🤦♀️😛) FYI: the guy is hot sh!t at what he does but he is extremely direct in his 1-1 and has some skeletons in his past (of people he fired 🤣). My impression listening to his war stories is that he very skilled politically and will take down heads of anybody who is disrespectful, machiavellian, incompetent, or registering too much disagreement with the big picture. Sorry for the rant - but the guy is a great friend and it irks me that his coworkers are plotting while he just started.
So strange
And why do you care?
He works in my department as a Manager, wanted to see if he has management experience in case he ever ends up being my boss
Give the person a chance (based on their talent and perform at google) and not judge him or her on their past.