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A Sign You're Hiring The Wrong People

Name: A Sign You're Hiring The Wrong People
Uploaded: 2025-07-07T20:00:13+00:00
Duration: 30 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this brief monologue, Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP, argues that the need to enforce basic workplace rules—such as prohibiting Netflix streaming during work…

7 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP, argues that the need to enforce basic workplace rules—such as prohibiting Netflix streaming during work hours, preventing food theft, and banning drunken attendance at events—signals that a company has hired the wrong people. She suggests that these obvious infractions reflect poor hiring decisions and that the responsibility for the mismatch lies with the hiring manager. The speaker frames this observation as a litmus test for evaluating whether employees are a good fit and questions whether managers must adjust their management style to address such misalignments.

So here's a sign that you've hired the wrong people. You have to start making stupid rules. All of a sudden you're like, I can't believe I have to tell people to stop watching Netflix on the job, or like, don't steal each other's food, or don't show up to a work event drunk. It's like, these are obvious things. And then you wonder, man, these people are so dumb. The only person dumber than that would be the person who's hiring them. It's a great litmus test to know, are these people right or wrong? Well, do I have to manage them in a way that makes it clear that they're not the right fit for my company?