[He needs someone with shrewish tendencies, to be honest. Namely when he doesn't stand up for himself...

"The way she got into the position?"]

You slept your way to the top?

[He's not seriously asking, not in the slightest--he means to tease her, if the shit-eating grin on his face is any indication.]

I've seen some teams manage to pull it off, but--eesh, it takes a certain kind of HR finesse that I'd not want to bother with.

[See: how most of his jobs, despite being vital for the travel and food industry, is...more or less done all by himself. He gets to choose when to get social with it.]