Hosted by Ken Monroe · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 38 episodes
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The best stories about the worst employees. Hosted by Ken Monroe, CEO of Bchex, The Bad Hire Podcast unpacks the funniest, strangest, and most shocking hiring stories from offices, job sites, and teams everywhere. From outrageous résumé lies to first-day meltdowns, these tales will make you laugh, cringe, and say, 'there's no way that's true.' Not just for HR or recruiters — it's for anyone who's worked with that coworker or made a hire they'll never forget.
Ken Monroe hosts The Bad Hire Podcast, a business show with 38 episodes published.
What happens when an armored truck employee steals $200,000 on his very first shift? In Episode 39 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Nathan, and Emma react to another collection of unbelievable hiring disasters—from massive payroll
What happens when an employee claims his brother died, his mom passed away, his car was stolen, and he got COVID multiple times… only for everyone to discover it was all a lie? In Episode 38 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Morgan,
A receptionist starts calling clients “Sparkles Chompers.” A salesman disappears without a trace. And a remote engineer gets caught using a fake video feed during Zoom meetings. In Episode 35 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Nathan
A new employee accuses her manager of poisoning her with heroin. Another worker gets fired for scratching lottery tickets behind the register. And one admin casually announces on her FIRST DAY that she stops working at 2
A bank manager physically grabs an employee by the arm. A new hire brags at lunch that his résumé is completely fake. And an MIT admissions dean spends 28 YEARS building a career on degrees she never earned. In Episode 3
A pizza delivery driver lasted exactly one delivery before getting fired. A firefighter showed up drunk on his first day. And a candidate with violent felonies asked why the company couldn’t “focus on her personality ins
What happens when a single tweet destroys your career before your flight even lands? In Episode 31 of The Bad Hire, Ken is joined by Randall Wilson and Jamie Franco for an episode entirely focused on social media disaste
What do you do when your brand-new hire steals inventory… and then falls asleep an hour into their shift? In Episode 30 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Nathan, and Emma react to more unbelievable hiring disasters — from fake trans
What do you do when your brand-new hire texts you… asking to push their start date back… because they got arrested? In Episode 29 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Morgan, and Emma are back reacting to some of the most chaotic hirin
What do you do when a new hire shows up to orientation… drunk… at a substance abuse treatment center? In Episode 28 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Morgan, and Emma react to some of the most ridiculous and unbelievable hiring stor
What do you do when a candidate shows up to a job interview… completely naked? In Episode 27 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Nathan, and Emma are back reacting to some of the most unbelievable hiring stories yet — including a Zoom
What do you do when an employee literally follows you home… and starts asking security about your personal life? In this episode of The Bad Hire, Ken, Nathan, and Morgan react to some of the most unsettling, bizarre, and
What happens when a candidate lies in an interview… fails the background check… and then accidentally leaves a 10-minute voicemail screaming at her dad? In Episode 25 of The Bad Hire, Ken is joined by Emma and Corey to r
What do you do when two employees are days away from full-time offers… and instead of waiting for their background checks they steal company mascot costumes, hop on a golf cart, flip off every security camera, and disapp
What do you do when a candidate looks you dead in the eye during an interview and says, “I don’t get mad… I get even”? In Episode 24 of The Bad Hire, Ken is joined by Morgan and Corey to break down more unbelievable hiri
Seven DUIs. Cocaine use. And somehow… still applying for the job. In Episode 22 of The Bad Hire, Ken Monroe is joined by Nathan and special guest William Capps, an HR Manager from Charlotte, North Carolina, to break down
He missed his first day of work. Then missed the next. Got terminated for attendance. And called back 15 minutes later asking if they were hiring. In Episode 20 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Emma, and Morgan react to an entire e
What do you do when a brand-new hire claims her brother died… gets paid bereavement leave… and then you find out he’s very much alive? In Episode 20 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Morgan, and Emma are back on the couch reacting t
Sometimes a “bad hire” is just a bad apple. In Episode 19 of The Bad Hire, Ken and Nathan are joined by special guest Steve Stewart, CEO and co-founder of SongHub, to talk through some of the wildest (and most expensive)
How far would someone go to get a raise? In Episode 18 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Nathan, and Emma react to one of the wildest stories yet—about a guy who edited his $60K offer letter… and turned it into $1 million. Plus: a t
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The Bad Hire Podcast is hosted by Ken Monroe. The show is categorised under business (careers) and has published 38 episodes.
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