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I was on a search committee to fill the supervisor position in my department. One of the three chosen to be interviewed was someone I knew and had interacted with in a community organization. As discussion took place during a search committee meeting I was asked my opinion regarding this individual . And I gave it. I was concerned about the leadership ability of the individual and the ability or inability of the individual to designate responsibility. I was also concerned about the tendency of this person to be habitually late and to miss meetings. My opinion was asked for partly because I was the only one on the search committee who would work with this person on a daily basis. Within hours I was summoned by the "head honcho" to a private meeting in which I was told that my concerns were not something for me to worry about. The head honcho and the HH's right-hand person were the only ones who were to be concerned about such things and would handle any problems as they came up. I was put in my place and told to stay quiet and do my job. Sure, they hired the person. Wouldn't have been so bad if my new supervisor hadn't been told everything that I had said. Made the next two years a working hell until I escaped. My lesson from all of this: You may be asked your opinion, but most of the time the person asking you already knows what they want to hear, and it would behoove you to assess the situation accurately.
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Quiet, mild-mannered souls might just turn out to be roaring lions of two-fisted cool.
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