Someone hired by our company faked his expertise, how can I have legal or physical evidence on it [closed]

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

He is in a very big position in the company, but me and my colleagues know he is fake because he doesn't have the basic technical knowledge of our industry, while his LinkedIn page shows that he held a lot of technical positions in many big companies worldwide, which is absolutely against logic. He is causing our company huge losses and a lot of problems. The sad thing is, top management still believe in him.

I tried to find any history about him on the Internet but there is absolutely no traces for him except LinkedIn.

I used search engines that specifically search Internet for people, but with no luck.

Is there any methodological way that HR people use to spot an imposter like this? I prefer if there is something that can be done only by myself without using the help of other people.

manpreet 2 years ago

If you're going to take a shot, you better hit.

You are basically accusing a senior of fraud and by the sounds of it and you don't even know what qualifications were required when he got the job. You will find more often than not, managers and higher-ups are not "retired" coders who moved up in the company. Instead, they are actually managers who actually don't know a lot of tech but are really good at their job. They hire good people beneath them and know how to motivate them.

Instead of pointing fingers and trying to ruin this guys job, why don't you be more productive with your time and just show the company (through your work) that this guy may not be up to snuff. Give it your all on every project you work on and make the results speak for themselves.

As I opened this answer with, if you're going to take a swing at this guy you better hit and 100% confidence that your evidence is enough. If it's not, I am going to take a wild guess and say you may be job hunting.

To address you final part of the question, HR would normally look for a diploma/degree and reference checks to gauge this persons experience.

Instead of assuming this guy must be an imposter, you may want to consider than he was probably hired under a different criteria than you were. So not an imposter at all.