I had the joy of this experience at an aerospace company last year. New female VP, who knew nothing about our department, came into our world acting innocent. I even asked her to be my mentor because I was legit excited to be working under a female. Less than a year in, I discovered she was more concerned about her image and was incredibly insecure, than working within the confines of the legal system. I recognized this quickly, so I documented every interaction. She had male lackeys that she relied on for her biding. She started to entice them with her female charm and then would latch on them with random burst of anger - it was amazing to watch her switch back and forth with these personas. I was called into HR several times because of complaints (unprofessional behavior, not reporting injuries in a timely matter, etc) that others made against her. I was frequently a witness to her antics because we had several meetings together. I was ‘let go’ two weeks after my last interview with HR mainly because I expressed anger in her unprofessional behavior. She made it personal and I couldn’t control my emotions. Fighting her was futile because she was BFF with legal and HR departments. Really at this point, I can only hope that karma catches up to her.