<p>If he is really a “control freak” as some media said he is, I wonder whether his supervisor might know about it to some extent. Although it is true that this could happen at any work place, I wonder whether now his direct supervisor has some thoughts about whether s/he can do something to decrease the probability that this would happen. For example, he establish a policy that the meeting between a technician and a researcher should be held in a more open meeting room =, e.g., a meeting room with some window facing the hall way. </p>
<p>It is also reported many of his relatives also work there. Maybe it is just my own prejudice because of my past experience which was not so pleasant; I do not like this. At a company I used to work for, one worker introduces almost all of his friends and relatives to work there over the years. After a while, that group of workers dominate most critical tasks in the company. If a manager picks on one of them, he runs the risk of making a lot of enemies. They actually managed to “kick out” one of a manager who they did not like even though none of them was a manager, and the senior manager of that manager let it happen.</p>
<p>I heard that some company has the policy that they will never let a person and his spouse work in any closely related departments within the company.</p>