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by ggeorgovassilis 621 days ago
1. Your VP sees something in the guy that you don't and vice versa. I think it'd help if you both agreed on a shared understanding of the requirements for the role and then each explained your views how the new hire fits that role. Then you can agree on a way forward. If it turns out that you have greatly differing understanding of the role, then you might have a larger problem because...

2. ... the VP hired someone into your sub-organisation without discussing it with you - that looks like a gap in the process which should also be addressed.

3. I had a case like that in a previous job where the department director placed a buddy of his as a developer into my team. The guy was unmanageable, circumvented all processes and basically had free reign and there was nothing I could do about it. While that by itself didn't create too much of a problem, as he was assigned on a fixed, long-running project, it made the rest of the team uneasy because double standards.