&gt;  I&#x27;m pretty sure said micromanager was getting kickbacks for outsourcing.<p>I&#x27;m really curious how companies let this kind of stuff happen. I guess I expect this kind of stuff from larger companies with so many staff no one is really in charge? A friend claimed at his company managers were picking outsourcing companies based on where they wanted to vacation next. They&#x27;d then book business class tickets, get a refund, then buy 2 economy tickets with the refund and take their lovers.<p>At least one company I worked at had a whistle blower policy to report this kind of stuff without retribution and, at least at the time, seemed to be very serious about it to weed out bad people like this.