Ouch.
If you don’t take the time to get the right people for the kind of company you want, you will be forced to take far more time to try to mold them into the people you wished you hired, but fail, and end up starting over.
Hiring well takes patience getting to know lots of people, and really understanding who they are before you hire them.
Do not hire people you are not 100% sure about because you are in a hurry.
It’s “Hell yeah” or no.
It’s either, Hell yes, or hell no for me every time. Because of that, I have a very minimal turnover, which has led me to become more and more efficient over the years.
I had a “Hell Yes” recently that turned out terribly. I had to reevaluate the way I evaluate hires. In this case it was a matter of hidden skeletons that were not disclosed. But I didn’t specifically ask, that’s my fault, and it was a good learning experience.
About 11 years ago I got to know your company and you (and Kathy) got to know me. I wasn’t interviewing and you weren’t hiring.
When you invest some time in people it organically grows and pays dividends in other areas, such as your hiring practices, because you are invested in people. I will never forget how welcomed I felt at your company that day and I wasn’t even an employee.