Q:

Angularjs ng-show isn't working

Why isn't my container showing when I set selectedManager via an ng-click?
HTML:
<tr ng-repeat="manager in allManagers" ng-click="openDetails(manager)">
<div class="container" ng-show="selectedManager">

JS:
$scope.selectedManager;
$scope.openDetails = function(item) {
  selectedManager = item;
  console.log(selectedManager);
}

Console.log prints the object successfully?

A:

This is so because in your code:    
$scope.selectedManager;
$scope.openDetails = function(item){
selectedManager=item;
console.log(selectedManager);
}

You are assigning value to selectedManager, which is a local variable and not scope variable $scope.selectedManager
To make it work you either use $scope.selectedManager in place of selectedManager
OR
assign $scope.selectedManager=item directly
local variables are not accessible in HTML, only scope variable are.

A:

You shall modify $scope.selectedManager property:
$scope.openDetails = function (item) {
    $scope.selectedManager = item;
    console.log(selectedManager);
}; 

