Re:Meta to Layoff 10k Employees
by cpitman on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @04:07PM
(#35157615)
If you have a method for hiring exactly the right people, that those people will put up with (ie a process that filters out "dead weight" but does not filter out high performers), then that is a startup right there. But overall, no one has magical hiring process that doesn't involve finding out actual performance after they start.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Yep, google published a bunch of research about their hiring processes and it basically said "we've tried everything and nothing works... anybody else have any ideas?"
Re:Meta to Layoff 10k Employees
by midoridensha on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @09:09PM
(#35162284)
Yet they continue their leetcode interview process...
If you have a method for hiring exactly the right people, that those people will put up with
Yeah, hire and then show actual managerial skill. If you still can't get the performance you need, then fire them. Tech hiring culture has become completely bananas and it wastes insane amounts of resources.
Tech management in the US 1) can't hire competently, 2) can't lead, 3) can't develop those under them and 4) can't man up and fire the employees they mistakenly hired and failed to lead.
That's not just tech. It's everywhere.
It's _really_ hard to hire good people consistently.