I had a general manager of a hotel who looked competent/someone you'd vote for and everyone who didn't work with him described him as a 'well respected businessman'. That staff knew he was a sham, and sure enough the executives drained the hotels assets with large salaries, lived off the hotel's former good reputation for a time, didn't reinvest in the hotel and eventually declared bankruptcy. We lost our jobs and a month later he was working for a big chain.