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Only 24% of Companies Know What a "Good Hire" Even Is…

Stop pretending your new hire is great just because they showed up.

Only 24% of companies have a working definition of “quality of hire.” That’s not strategy. That’s laziness. These ideas are outdated. Tenure does not equal value, Recruiters get blamed for sh*t they never owned.

Spoiler Alert: Speed to performance is the only metric that matters in hiring.

Sponsored by our friends at Plum—because they actually measure this stuff.

In this episode we talk about what happens when no one agrees on what “good” looks like. From hiring managers dodging accountability to recruiters left holding the bag, it’s a full teardown of the fake metrics and the real dysfunction behind today’s hiring.

  • 76% of companies never define success. That’s not strategy—it’s roulette.

  • Tenure ≠ Talent: Long stay doesn’t mean strong performance. You can be bad at your job forever.

  • Speed to Performance Wins. That’s your real metric.

  • Hiring managers must set expectations. If they don’t, recruiters take the fall—and the team pays for it.


Here’s the full episode.