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The Hidden Cost of Bad Hires Beyond Salary
Episode 90 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna break down a 2025 study from the Society for Human Resource Management which found that a single bad hire costs companies an average of $45,000 in hard costs—and that's just the tip of the iceberg. They explore the hidden drain on team morale, lost productivity, and management time, and why most companies massively underestimate the true cost. Lucas shares a real example from a mid-size tech firm that calculated a $300,000 total cost for one mis-hired sales director, and Luna pushes back on whether the numbers are inflated. They…
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