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Don’t Hire The Guy In Red Pants
By Ron | November 10, 2008
Don’t hire the guy in red pants. I did. Oh, I didn’t want to. I fought the hiring manager. He, his boss, the VP of Engineering took it all the way up to the General Manager and they won. They hired old “Red Pants” in spite of HR’s objections.
Why didn’t I want to hire Mr. RP? He met all of the qualifications of the job description.
My position on not hiring him had nothing to do with the red pants he wore. Although he could design the product, he had an attitude that was counter to our culture. Sure enough, two months later, the engineering manager was back in my office wanting to fire him and, of course, he had no documentation to support it. I didn’t say I told you so, but, my point was made. In fact, any time that the engineering department wanted to hire someone that I objected to, all I had to do was say, “Red Pants” and the discussion was over. In a way, it was in our favor that this all came about; the other managers learned from their mistake.
Next time I’ll talk about how to interview and screen out the “Red Pant” candidates.
Topics: HR |
November 10th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
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