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Why You Should Hire People You Fired Before
Episode 24 of Hiring & Firing tackles a counterintuitive strategy: rehiring former employees who were let go for performance issues. Lucas and Luna examine a 2026 study from the Society for Human Resource Management showing that boomerang hires who were previously fired outperform new external hires by 17% in retention and 12% in productivity over two years. They drill into the case of a mid-size Seattle tech firm, Nebula Logic, which actively tracks separations and has a dedicated 're-engage' pipeline for ex-employees who left under non-egregious circumstances — including those…
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