Why I Regretted Hiring the “Perfect” Employee

Summarization of Article: A person writing about a professional, the professional who, based on this article, lacks emotional empathy because: Let's face it. Companies will ruin your life if you trust them with your time, energy, and interest. They are only looking out for themselves, and by the looks of things this specific company decided to write and Article just to make themselves look better.

Management's skill levels are typically lower than expected, and beyond disappointing. The person who was hired clearly took the direct approach, and is now moving on to a different job.

The sad part of this story is the "Resume" or Curriculum Vitae only shows the negative part of the situation, and not the positive part, such as a great individual leaving what seems to be an amateur company/business.

This is just some random person being, as usual, disappointed by the actions of the generation that should be labeled as child-like.

"In my experience, the best employees are positive, low maintenance and unselfish."

The above is true if you want a mediocre employee who does what is required and no more without rocking the boat, great if you work in McDonalds or other such industry.

If you hire a smart employee based on being a smart employee you hire them to tell you what you should be doing not to tell them how to do the thing you hired them for.

“when should I expect to get promoted if I exceed your expectations?... can indicate that a candidate values personal objectives above all else” Sounds like someone is driven, sure they are self driven but to drive there own success they have to drive the companies success.

It does sound like poor management, not knowing how to handle a smart employee who raises concern, as a smart employee should.

This article is a confusing combination of things I agree with (it's better to hire employees with a good attitude) and things I just can't get behind (an employee who values his or herself over the company is bad and must be avoided).

Obviously the ideal scenario for a company is hard working, undemanding employees who get along. But it should be the company's job to create an environment for this to happen - listen to complaints and try to resolve them, don't fire someone just because they value themselves.

Oh, and sometimes people will have experienced bad managers. The problem isn't always with them.

The message is: lie. Lie more. Make your lying perfect in its smoothness, with artfully planned designer rough spots.

This sort of article demonstrates what is wrong with the hiring process: all the incentives on both sides are to lie. And this manager fails to see his part in making it this way.