The Bad Hire Podcast

The New CFO Put His Tires on the Company Card… for the Points

The company was growing fast. Startup to millions in revenue in about a year. So they hired a CFO who looked the part: glasses, résumé, all of it. One month in, the credi

Federal Agents Arrested the New CFO on His First Day

Four months of searching. Three prior CFO roles. References that held up. On his first day, he came in early, got his badge photo taken, and sat down with the quarterly n

She Showed Up to Work in the Wrong City

The job posting said Atlanta. The offer letter said Atlanta. The onboarding paperwork said Atlanta. The welcome email even included a parking map for the Atlanta office.

Fired on Day One for Going Home on Time

She worked a nine-hour first day for $28. Not $28 an hour. $28 for the whole day. She stayed until 6:30, a half hour past quitting time, and went home. At 7:30 that nig

She Took the Job Just to Meet Men

She interviewed well, got the job, showed up for her first day… and then asked one very important question: Where are all the men? Turns out, she had taken the job expe

She Faked Her Child’s Death for Money

What do you do when an employee tells everyone she adopted a child, lost everything in a house fire, and then tragically lost the child — only for HR to discover that non

She Faked a Carjacking to Get Out of Work

What do you do when an employee calls in claiming she was just carjacked and needs the entire week off… only for her boss to call her actual phone 30 seconds later and he

He Blew $4,000 on the Company Card His First Day

What do you do when a brand-new employee gets a company credit card on his first day… disappears at lunch… and comes back with $4,000 worth of suits, ties, and shoes? In

Her Text to Her Boss Got Her Fired

What do you do when an employee going through an incredibly difficult time starts crossing the line with her much-younger manager? In Episode 45 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Mo

He Planted a Digital Bomb Before Getting Fired

What happens when a software developer spends years secretly building a “kill switch” designed to cripple the company the moment he’s fired? In Episode 44 of The Bad Hir

She Stole for 10 Years Before Anyone Noticed

What do you do when your top employee disappears without a trace… only to discover weeks later that he was secretly in witness protection? In Episode 43 of The Bad Hire,

She Used 20 Fake Names to Get Hired

How does someone use 20 aliases, seven Social Security numbers, and fake credentials to get hired over and over again? In Episode 42 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Morgan, and Em

The Worst Fake Résumé We’ve Ever Seen

What happens when a “perfect” candidate can’t even flip a piece of toast? In Episode 41 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Morgan, and Emma react to another round of unbelievable lis

She Stole $40 Million Without Anyone Noticing

How does someone steal $38.7 million from a company… without anyone noticing for years? In Episode 40 of The Bad Hire, Ken and the team react to unbelievable hiring disa

He Stole $200,000 on His First Day

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

He Faked His Mom’s Death to Get Out of Work

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 Fake Degree Cost Him a Fortune

What happens when a CFO lies about a Stanford MBA for years… and nobody notices until an anonymous tip exposes everything? In Episode 37 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Morgan, an

He Took a Phone Call During His Job Interview

What do you do when a candidate shows up nearly an hour late to an interview… then answers personal phone calls in the middle of it? In Episode 36 of The Bad Hire, Ken,

The Employee Who Disappeared Without a Trace

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

The Most Unqualified Hire We’ve Ever Seen

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 anno