You're assuming that Yelp made a mistake by spending money to hire (and eventually fire) this person. I disagree. I think that was the plan all along. I use

You're assuming that Yelp made a mistake by spending money to hire (and eventually fire) this person. I disagree. I think that was the plan all along. I used to work for Backcountry.com in Park City, UT in the mid-2000s. Back in those days, BC used its ski town locale and perks like "powder days" to attract gen-Y'ers fresh out of college at rock-bottom wages. Smart young people out of good schools showed up, did some okay work for a year or two, accumulated some experience, and then left for greener pastures in the big city. BC understood this and was happy with it. These hires weren't experienced but they were scrappy and bright and they'd work for almost nothing just to be able to strap on snowshoes after work or go mountain biking on their lunch break. When they left, there was a resume stack full of new ones to take their places.