All hands meeting … “show of hands, who’s been here less than a year?”…”you’re all top notch, the best candidates from the best schools… we couldn’t get that caliber employee years ago!” [suggesting those who built the business to that level were what, inferior - including the VP that just said it?]
It was meant as a compliment to the new folks…but it fell FLAT.
I think it should be the goal of every organization that the next hire always be better than the last. They should get there by making sure that they train and build up every previous hire to be better than they were and making their teams be attractive to higher caliber recruits. A business really doing well should elevate all the employees - wages, skills, lifestyle - and that is what lets them hire well. But boy is it hard to communicate that scheme in two sentences at an all-hands pep talk.
All hands meeting … “show of hands, who’s been here less than a year?”…”you’re all top notch, the best candidates from the best schools… we couldn’t get that caliber employee years ago!” [suggesting those who built the business to that level were what, inferior - including the VP that just said it?]
It was meant as a compliment to the new folks…but it fell FLAT.
I could see that as a compliment? Like the existing team was so good that together they reached recognition they didn’t previously have?
I think it should be the goal of every organization that the next hire always be better than the last. They should get there by making sure that they train and build up every previous hire to be better than they were and making their teams be attractive to higher caliber recruits. A business really doing well should elevate all the employees - wages, skills, lifestyle - and that is what lets them hire well. But boy is it hard to communicate that scheme in two sentences at an all-hands pep talk.