> Could more data have prevented that terrible day when I had to fire an under-performing employee--and maybe prevented hiring her in the first place? I'd like

> Could more data have prevented that terrible day when I had to fire an under-performing employee--and maybe prevented hiring her in the first place? I'd like to think so. This sounds like a poisonous way to approach hiring; to me it reads "let's add lots more bureaucracy so that hopefully I can avoid an embarrassing situation".