Manager forces HR to hire his ‘crush’ even though she was the least ranked candidate, costs the company thousands of dollars: ‘Turns out, hiring your crush isn’t as cute when the company starts losing money.’

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Jun 30, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

As Jane Austen wrote, "we are all fools in love"—and there are many real life stories that prove just that. Does art imitate life or life imitate art? That is wildly debated. What we can say for certain here with this story, however, this manager was a full in lvst and pulled a career move that cost him his job. 

 

It seemed to have all started when the company he worked for was hiring. HR takes the hiring process very seriously and they were interviewing many bright candidates. One woman who applied did not give her best interview performance. She didn't answer the questions well, her experience was lackluster, and so on. However, she did have something that none of the other candidates had… The eyes of the manager. 

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  • Usually getting attention as a potential hire is a good thing, but not in this case. Here, the manager was already sorta “dating” this woman and he told HR to hire her no matter what. HR pushed back saying she was not the most qualified for the job, but he didn't care. She made sure to get his insistence on hiring her in writing, because when everything hut the fan—which it inevitably did—they know who to blame. 

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  • "Hire Her, No Matter What. As you wish."

    I am part of a small hiring team at my workplace and I take my position very seriously. Sometime ago we were looking to fill a key role that required someone sharp, organized,
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  • and ready to work under pressure. We had a solid shortlist after several interview and then my department supervisor pulled me aside. He told me, flat-out, to hire
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  • one candidate in particular. Not because she was the best fit but because he wanted me to, i later heard through office rumors that she was
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  • an "almost- girlfriend," basically Someone he had a thing for and was trying to impress. He said I should but just make it work and he will take the heat if needed.
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  • I refused at first, showing him her results of the interview. She was one of the least ranked. She was late to the interview, vague answers,
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  • couldn't explain basic industry terms. But he wouldn't listen and said it was a direct order. So, I did exactly what he asked, I hired her.
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  • Gave her all the support I could. Even offered extra onboarding help. Within a month, she accidentally sent a confidential client file to the wrong company. Then she
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  • once approved a purchase order for 10x the budgeted amount because she obviously didn't read through all those numbers. It was from one wrong to another. We lost a
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  • major client over the email slip. Another pulled back on their contract due to delays on her end. When upper management started asking questions,
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  • my manager tried to dodge responsibility. But HR already had the hiring records. I made sure all instructions including his were documented which was intentionally
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  • incase a situation like this came up and it did. He was reassigned within the quarter. She
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  • quietly disappeared not long after. Turns out, hiring your crush isn't as cute when the company starts bl ding money.
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  • Mo-shen Reminds me of my director hiring someone because "they go to church they should be great!" And this was after I told them I thought they would be a problem.
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  • The person in question was a massive disaster and was fired within two weeks.
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