A new study by online HR consultancy www.Reabur.com has revealed that three quarters of employers feel regretful about having hired certain members of staff. 

As part of ongoing research into employers’ decisions to hire new members of staff, www.Reabur.com asked 1,091 business owners to investigate.

The study initially asked the respondents if in ‘hindsight’ they ever felt regretful about hiring a member of staff, to which almost three quarters (74%) answered ‘yes’. Only 4% of the employers polled answered ‘no’ and the remaining 22% of the respondents said that they were ‘unsure’ as to whether or not they had any regrets.

The respondents who admitted to regretting hiring a member of staff were then asked to select all that applied from a list of possible reasons as to why they felt that way.

According to the results, the most common reasons were as follows:

1. Exaggerated their qualifications/experience on their CV – 71%

2. Not good at the job – 68%

3. Underperforming – 66%

4. Poor time keeping – 57%

5. General negative attitude – 52%

6. Cause conflicts within the team – 43%

7. Poor customer/client relations – 39%

8. Argumentative – 36%

9. Don’t respect authority – 29%

10. High number of sick days – 23%