{"id":9628,"date":"2019-11-25T19:34:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T17:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmkedev.wpengine.com\/?p=9628"},"modified":"2022-10-17T14:41:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T12:41:08","slug":"bad-hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/bad-hire","title":{"rendered":"A Bad Hire Will Cost 3 Times Their Annual Salary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A bad hire is like a bad apple in a bunch. If you have a rotten apple in your fruit basket, no matter how much care you take or how much you try to make the prevailing conditions favorable, you will end up with a rotten bunch of apples. If we quantify the monetary loss you make with a single hire, it totals to 3 times that role&#8217;s annual salary. This cost comes from recruitment and advertising fees, training and relocation fees as well as staff time lost carrying out recruitment and on boarding processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The thing with a bad hire is that the effect is not just monetary. Below are more far-reaching effects of a bad hire.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ff5ddca9588\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ff5ddca9588\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/bad-hire\/#Negative_Impact_on_Team_Performance\" >Negative Impact on Team Performance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/bad-hire\/#Negative_Impact_on_Your_Company_Culture\" >Negative Impact on Your Company Culture<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/bad-hire\/#Loss_of_Customer_and_Stakeholder_Goodwill\" >Loss of Customer and Stakeholder Goodwill<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/bad-hire\/#Dent_on_Your_Company_Brand\" >Dent on Your Company Brand<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Negative_Impact_on_Team_Performance\"><\/span>Negative Impact on Team Performance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Not-Getting-the-Right-Support_1200by630.jpg\" alt=\"managing different personalities\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Not-Getting-the-Right-Support_1200by630.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Not-Getting-the-Right-Support_1200by630-378x198.jpg 378w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Not-Getting-the-Right-Support_1200by630-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Not-Getting-the-Right-Support_1200by630-770x404.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Not-Getting-the-Right-Support_1200by630-600x315.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Not-Getting-the-Right-Support_1200by630-390x205.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Disengagement in the workplace is&nbsp;contagious. This might be the reason why it is so hard to get rid of.&nbsp;The <a class=\"article-body-links\"href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/businessjournal\/188033\/worldwide-employee-engagement-crisis.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gallup&nbsp; report<\/a>&nbsp;shows that less than&nbsp;one-third&nbsp;employees in the U.S. are engaged at work. Closer home, the <a class=\"article-body-links\"href=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/best-100-companies-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BrighterMonday Best 100 companies<\/a>&nbsp;report&nbsp;revealed that only 39% of employees in Kenya are happy with their current employers.<\/p>\n<p>When a disengaged employee fails to pull his weight in the company, good, hardworking employees burn out trying to make up for it. You might even end up losing very good employees on the account of one bad hire.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Negative_Impact_on_Your_Company_Culture\"><\/span>Negative Impact on Your Company Culture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In many ways, the impact of a bad hire in a company will go beyond their tenure in that company. This means that a single hire, especially one in a leadership position, can actually overturn the company culture you have worked so hard to create and nurture. Poor performers tend to lower the bar and bad habits spread like a wildfire. You are left picking pieces of what used to be your vibrant culture and retraining employees.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Loss_of_Customer_and_Stakeholder_Goodwill\"><\/span>Loss of Customer and Stakeholder Goodwill<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Not-Establishing-the-Right-Relationship-with-Direct-Reports-_1200by630.jpg\" alt=\"office conflict\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Not-Establishing-the-Right-Relationship-with-Direct-Reports-_1200by630.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Not-Establishing-the-Right-Relationship-with-Direct-Reports-_1200by630-378x198.jpg 378w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Not-Establishing-the-Right-Relationship-with-Direct-Reports-_1200by630-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Not-Establishing-the-Right-Relationship-with-Direct-Reports-_1200by630-770x404.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Not-Establishing-the-Right-Relationship-with-Direct-Reports-_1200by630-600x315.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Not-Establishing-the-Right-Relationship-with-Direct-Reports-_1200by630-390x205.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A bad hire will not only demotivate their fellow employees, they will chase your customers away. Poor performance will affect output and the first person to feel it will be the person the service or product is being offered to; the customer. <a class=\"article-body-links\"href=\"https:\/\/reputationrefinery.com\/96-of-unhappy-customers-wont-complain-to-you-but-will-tell-15-friends-infographic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">96% of customers do not complain<\/a> of bad service, they tell their friends and leave. By the time you realize something is wrong, how much business and potential business will you have lost?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dent_on_Your_Company_Brand\"><\/span>Dent on Your Company Brand<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the age of technology and social media, negative PR is any company&#8217;s worst nightmare. A single action by your staff could leave the company&#8217;s image and goodwill you have worked hard to build in tatters. You lose existing and potential customers if your company is painted in negative light. The negativity and toxicity brought about by a bad hire also affects the internal environment of a company and your good employees slowly stop being your ambassadors.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of a bad hire is always extensive.&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you make one bad hire, there is a ripple effect across your entire organization, your product and service quality. BrighterMonday has recruitment solutions to ensure this doesn&#8217;t happen. Our BestMatch solution matches the best talent with your open positions. Our bespoke mix of technology and human systems match not only quantitative traits of candidates but qualitative ones as well. <a class=\"article-body-links\"href=\"https:\/\/www.brightermonday.co.ke\/employer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check here<\/a> to select a product that best suits your current vacant position. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bad hire is like a bad apple in a bunch. If you have a rotten apple in your fruit basket, no matter how much care you take or how much you try to make the prevailing conditions favorable, you will end up with a rotten bunch of apples. 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