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Re:Rejecting a candidate for over-qualification results in a... by trhway on Thursday October 12, 2017 @06:56PM (#15462001)
>"No I don't want the Ferrari at the same price as this Mazda Miata, its more sports car than I need to get around." Even if you never expect to challenge the top end of the sports car you probably won't turn it down.

Ferrari comes with very high maintenance costs, well beyond what regular Miata buyer can comfortably afford. (note: age/experience wise i'm probably close to the "Ferrari" myself :)

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Re:Rejecting a candidate for over-qualification results in a... by ChuckMcM on Thursday October 12, 2017 @07:13PM (#15462102)
That is true with the analogy. I personally haven't seen a correlation between qualification fit and maintenance challenges for employees but it sounds like enraged_camel has had different experiences.

What I'm trying to tease apart are which are issues the manager causes and which are ones an over qualified employee would cause.

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Re:Rejecting a candidate for over-qualification results in a... by madmulita on Friday October 13, 2017 @08:02AM (#15464845)
In that case, the problem is not overqualification, the problem is that the person is high maintenance.
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