Bad hires become apparent in as little as TWO WEEKS

Hiring the wrong person can be a nightmare. You’ve wasted time sourcing their CV, bringing them in for an interview, and arranging their start date. And now, you see it has all been for nothing.

And, according to Robert Half UK, it can be apparent that a mistake has been made in as little as two weeks with 39% of employers saying they could tell within a fortnight if things were not going to plan with a new hire.

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The consequences of a bad hiring decision can be dire. The top three problems bad hires are found to cause are increased workload for colleagues (50%), increased stress on colleagues (39%) and lost productivity (33%). Aside from increased stress and workload for management, other negative consequences include higher recruitment costs (32%), lost business opportunities/revenue (24%) and low staff morale (24%).

However, firms take different approaches to fixing the problem - one third (33%) of employers turn to staffing agencies to find a replacement, while the same portion restart the hiring process from the beginning. Surprisingly, 32% adopted a wait and see approach to see if the employee’s performance would improve on its own.