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One big issue in hiring is that error exponentially multiply as organization grows. One bad hire would hire two more bad hires and so on. Many would say this is
by sytelus 8y ago
One big issue in hiring is that error exponentially multiply as organization grows. One bad hire would hire two more bad hires and so on. Many would say this is the single most important reason why great companies starts to falter as they grow old - the ratio is no longer the same.
So in this proposed "solution", a misplaced trust will soon cause chain reaction. Many companies place such trust in hiring manager giving them veto power to go ahead even if all interviewers were in disagreement. I have rarely seen this work out well. All good hiring process have checks and balances - implicit infinite trust is never good idea in any system design.
- umvi 8y agoReferrals are not trusted automatically, they still need to prove themselves before they can refer other people
- magnetic 8y agoI didn't see any rule that said that anyone the "trusted circle recommends" ends up being in such trust circle, so I don't see how they could be in a position to exponentially multiply.
- sytelus 8y agoIt doesn't matter. You are putting someone in trusted circle using some heuristics. Most trust relationships eventually forms delegation chain (A trusts B, B trusts C, ...). All such chain degrades exponentially by some factor, however small it may be. This is why organizations with deep management hierarchies are so dysfunctional and inefficient.