Stop Hack Hiring
29 Oct 2025 · 1 min
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Omar Zenhom argues against hiring the cheapest candidates. Underpaying leads to underperformance, missed deadlines, low initiative, and higher turnover that costs you more in the long run.
Omar Zenhom argues against hiring the cheapest candidates. Underpaying leads to underperformance, missed deadlines, low initiative, and higher turnover that costs you more in the long run.
Most entrepreneurs, they try to hack hiring. They're looking for a deal, they're looking for the diamond and rough. The case is that everybody that you see out there has value. And the more valuable they are, the more expensive they will be to hire. If you underpay, you usually get underperformance, or they're just low in talent or skill. We have to establish this truth. I find that when you try to hire, looking for a deal, trying to find somebody that's less expensive, you end up with a lot of things you don't want to deal with, like missed deadlines and low initiative or high turnover, where they just leave you when you need them most.
