How Much is a Bad Hire Really Costing Your Business?
A single bad hire could be silently draining your business, far more than you think. According to industry estimates, the average cost of a bad hire can reach 3.5x their annual salary.
And it’s not just the salary you lose. It’s the countless hours, missed opportunities, and damaged team morale that hit hardest.
When a new hire fails, the ripple effect is costly. You face double recruitment expenses, paying first to bring them in, then again to replace them. Leadership time is lost to interviews, onboarding, and managing poor performance.
The salary paid delivers no return, and the role’s potential impact vanishes. Poor hires can hurt client relationships, damage your reputation, and lead to missed business opportunities. Morale suffers, good employees may leave, and overall productivity declines as the team works around inefficiencies and distractions.
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Problem - It costs? more than you think?
Recruitment? fees
Wasted time? management
Unrecoverable? salary
Loss of business and reputation?
Indirect staff turnover
Lost? productivity
*Results based on formulas from Perfect Match (Making the right hire and the cost of getting it wrong) – Study researched & published by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation
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