{"id":4419,"date":"2019-01-24T10:20:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T16:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/?p=4419"},"modified":"2019-01-24T10:20:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T16:20:09","slug":"slow-to-hire-quick-to-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/2019\/01\/24\/slow-to-hire-quick-to-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow to Hire, Quick to Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4420\" src=\"http:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mc-e1548346683914.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/mc-e1548346683914.jpg 600w, https:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/mc-e1548346683914-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cSlow to hire, quick to fire\u201d is one of the countless philosophies on how to staff a business.\u00a0 As much as we have an official hiring policy here, it\u2019s at the very least to hire slowly. Every candidate goes through a series of interviews with a variety of staff members, tours the office space, and is evaluated from not only a technical, position-related perspective, but many put their heads together to determine if an individual is, as importantly, a culture-fit. Sometimes it takes weeks or even months for the right candidate to find us, walk through our doors, meet our people, and then woo and be wooed by us.<br \/>\nWe should all go into new hires like a young relationship: there should be optimism, excitement, and a little bit of professional infatuation. If you aren\u2019t head over heels for your candidate, why hire them?<br \/>\nA new hire is an investment. Not only do they cost actual money to pay and insure, but there is an investment in time in the hiring process, training, and a potential loss of productivity during this onboarding period. If the hire doesn\u2019t work out, that money and time is a bust investment. And then you have to start over. Hence, if you are going to go through the effort of hiring and it turns out not to be a good fit, better to lick your wounds and recover fast so it doesn\u2019t cost you and your business more time and money for a hire that you think you might replace eventually.<br \/>\nEvery hire is a gamble. And much like most gambling outcomes I\u2019ve observed from afar, when you win, it\u2019s awesome. But you sure can lose a lot.<br \/>\nI just lost.<br \/>\nFiring fast is a harsh reality. I care about the people I take onto my team. And because we hire slow, I\u2019ve already invested a lot of time into choosing a person, training them, and believing they are the best for the role and that it\u2019s going to work out. But then it doesn\u2019t.<br \/>\nIt takes some people a lifetime to learn they\u2019re in a bad or toxic relationship. I am not one of those people. Hiring is a feeling. And when the feeling turns sour, it very rarely recovers. Why spend more time, more of your prime years in a relationship that doesn\u2019t feel good? All relationships start sweet \u2013 that doesn\u2019t mean they stay that way.<br \/>\nFire fast because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201cdamage\u201d has been done. I can\u2019t divorce the emotional and financial impact that has been dealt already. How much more should I take?<\/li>\n<li>I have a bad feeling. And once that seed is planted and takes root, I find myself watering it on a daily basis with every task, every interaction. It\u2019s an unhappy plant.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ll be okay. I got along before that person was hired, I\u2019ll find a way, and you know what? So will they. If it wasn\u2019t a good fit, it wasn\u2019t leading to the best possible place for that hire either.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sometimes I haven\u2019t fired fast. Sometimes I\u2019ve really waited, trained, given chances, retrained, and exhausted myself and everyone else in the hopes that it would work out, that it would become a good fit, that the feeling would recover. In that scenario, the feeling was bad for far longer, I continued to invest time and money in the hire, and the productivity wasn\u2019t there. I don\u2019t see how that benefitted anyone in the [work] relationship.<br \/>\nFiring is a miserable management responsibility. Having recently fired fast, I spent the rest of the day and night, and next day\u2026 in a tailspin. Was it right? What does this mean for me and my workload? Are they okay? What will they do financially because of this? It\u2019s a bad feeling. But so was working with this person. So, ultimately, I know this policy of hiring slow and firing fast is the way to make the best choices for my team and my company, but none of it is easy.<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s your hiring \u2013 and firing \u2013 policy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSlow to hire, quick to fire\u201d is one of the countless philosophies on how to staff a business.\u00a0 As much as we have an official hiring policy here, it\u2019s at the very least to hire slowly. 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