Edit because someone at work has seen it but thankfully on good terms

Uless you have a protected characteristic - gender, sexuality, ethnicity, etc - not a lot. He can employ who he likes unless it is discrimination due to a protected characteristic.

And although it doesn't feel fair, "I've worked with this person beefore and know they can do the job and contribute to the team" is actually a legal reason to bring someone in.

Uless you have a protected characteristic - gender, sexuality, ethnicity, etc - not a lot. He can employ who he likes unless it is discrimination due to a protected characteristic.

 

And although it doesn't feel fair, "I've worked with this person beefore and know they can do the job and contribute to the team" is actually a legal reason to bring someone in.

It wont win you any friends or favours and all of the others will have to work with the new people so they wont thank you for it. Foget about this and hope that a new permanent position is up for grabs sometime soon. Write your letter and you can kiss goodbye to a future.

Timing is everything.

Wait until they make a mess of it. At that point offer to your manager to sort it out. Don't coach them, and in the meantime, say nothing. After you have fixed all the problems ask for the job

Employers are legally allowed to both employee stupid people and act in that manner themselves. It's their business to run as they like even if that is into the ground.

Everybody believes they are the best candidate for the job, i don't know if you were or not but i've seen it many times, i remember a manager i worked with once applying for an internal job, not being shortlisted and then being asked to train up the guy they employed as he didn't know much about the job they had given him, i kid you not!

The proverbial cherry was this fella actually agreed to do it. I'd have given them the option of two fingers from any 5 on my hand with the caveat that one must be the middle finger and the other must be next to my thumb