15+ Bosses who hired the wrong person for the job: 'Hired a dishwasher... [he] doesn't like to get his hands wet'

These bosses realized too late that they hired the wrong person for the job… only to then fire that worker ASAP.

Sometimes, workplaces hire the wrong person for the job, and then they're faced with a choice. Maybe that person is avoiding phone calls, or maybe they're consistently taking random days off, or perhaps they're just turning in poor-quality work. The powers that be, mainly management and HR, have to put their heads together and decide — is it worth it to keep this person onboard and put resources into training them? Or should they just tell this person it's the end of the line, and that they're fired?

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These bosses shared their stories about the employees who were driving them crazy, and they're a fantastic bunch of stories. My favorite types of employees in these stories are the ones who simply refuse to do their jobs. You know the type — they stroll into work 30 minutes late, then proceed to argue with their boss about every little task they're assigned, simply because they don't feel that it's their job. That bit is very, very funny from an outsider perspective. But I assure you, bosses despise workers like that, and so do their coworkers, who end up picking up the extra slack at the end of the shift.
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The classic "that's not my job" line!

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Bosses uh… don't love that kind of attitude.
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That's downright crazy

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It seems like a lot of workers just don't understand when they're plagiarizing or why it's bad! Unfortunately for them, that won't matter to managers, who will have to give them the boot regardless.
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This new hire tried (and failed) to assert dominance

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Malicious compliance? More like delicious compliance

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I remember the big hullabaloo over fast-food restaurants being required to put the calorie counts next to their food offerings. Turns out that knowing the amount of calories in a burger won't really stop any hungry people from scarfing that down anyway. If they were looking for healthy food, they would've gone elsewhere! And the same probably applies here — who cares about calories if you're stepping foot into an ice cream parlor? Be so serious.
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You'd think he would know himself well enough to avoid jobs working on ladders!

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I suppose he was trying to save face before presenting a hot mess of a demo

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For some workers, communication is their main weakness

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