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>there is a huge class of bad hire that starts strong and decays rapidly. Exactly. Also, startups = growth. As you grow, the game changes and usually gets hard
by ajju 14y ago
>there is a huge class of bad hire that starts strong and decays rapidly.
Exactly. Also, startups = growth. As you grow, the game changes and usually gets harder. Someone you hired to take you from 0 to X^10 customers may do an ok job in the first 4 months when you have to go from 0 to X customers but may be terrible at getting you from X to X^2 in the next 4 months.
- pm24601 14y agoThat is laughable. Few, very few companies experience that kind of exponential growth. Don't be a jerk and cut people off just before their cliff. Do the right thing and reduce the cliff.
- tptacek 14y agoDeliberately firing people on the eve of their cliff is immoral. But the solution isn't to reduce the cliff.
- ajju 14y ago>Don't be a jerk and cut people off just before their cliff. Saying that it sometimes takes more than 6 months to really evaluate new hires in specific roles is not the same as saying let's cut people off just before the cliff. >Do the right thing and reduce the cliff It is not clear at all that reducing the cliff to 6 months is "the right thing".