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The Mistake that Cost Me $100,000 in Cash this January

7 pointsby ilhackernewsalmost 11 years ago

5 comments

benjohnsonalmost 11 years ago
I&#x27;ve made very stupid hires - one jerk cost me my largest customer.<p>However, I&#x27;ve hired people who needed a first IT job and didn&#x27;t have a good resume. One in particular was working in furniture rental store, and after working well for my company for a few years, he went on to bigger and better things and is earning probably 80k.<p>Hiring people that need a leg-up can be a good thing for this world.<p>I would square the two ideas(&quot;hire carefully&quot;, &quot;hire good people that need help&quot;) by immediately firing anybody that displays any sort of ethical lapse. All my &#x27;bad&#x27; employees showed signs of ethical problems long before they did their damage.
joekrillalmost 11 years ago
Did I miss the part about where we learn HOW he actually lost the $100,000 in cash? Or what specifically lead to that other than some vague BS?
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flyosityalmost 11 years ago
Ugh, the way this blog post is written reminds me of all those fast-cut YouTube videos made to hold your attention by changing camera angles every 2 seconds.
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gregdalmost 11 years ago
&quot;Your best employees should be so good that you practically never think about them.&quot;<p>I&#x27;d just LOVE to work for her &#x2F;sarcasm
talosalmost 11 years ago
This article seems to have been automatically generated by a computer -- it makes no sense. Almost all paragraphs are one sentence, at most two.