When Managers Can't Please the New Worker
"Too many times, a job candidate can swing the interview with perfect precision, yet be the biggest disappointment to the one who hired him". This is likely due to the sheer volume of interviews a person like this encounters. Since they probably change jobs often, mastering the interview is an old hat to them. Ideally, the new employee will bail before putting you in the awkward position of letting them go after the first day. That"s not always the case, though, says the Hound.com founder. Often, these folks tend to be a bit narcissistic and have a sense of entitlement. They believe they"re actually doing you, as the hiring manager, a favor by gracing your business with their presence.There are those times, too, when a new employee is really nervous and will level off to a far more pleasant person to be around; however, you likely only have a small window of opportunity to let someone go without cause in those few weeks and if you don"t have a clause as part of the employment offer, you should be drafting one right now. "Every employer needs the option of letting go of those employees who aren"t a good fit, no matter how good they were during the interview phase".
There is one silver lining, though. Most narcissistic people don"t like to be reprimanded. That"s sometimes all it takes to see a flash rush by, headed towards the front door. Of course, they"ll tell everyone you"re a horrible manager to work for, but you"ll know different as will those employees who do have a better disposition and who take their responsibilities a bit more seriously. In the end, that"s what it boils down to. You have a business to run, and it"s not one that includes babysitting an adult.