It’s a SMALL world

I employ people in several different countries around the world. I hire people based on their skills.

Last week, a good friend of mine, and fellow marketer, contacts me from the UK, asking me if I know a certain person.

This person, who shall remain nameless, was one of my main developers.

I have always felt he was a little slow, but, he delivered quality work generally, so, I put up with waiting a bit longer for some stuff.

This person was in full time employment with me, receiving a full time salary.

For the past couple of months he has been getting slower and slower though.

Turns out, this awesome, but slow developer, was working full time for my friend in England AS WELL!

He was on his way out with me anyway for getting so much slower, but, he was caught out here by slipping up, and leaving my name in some code he sent to my friend in England.

My friend and I are sure that he is working full time for other people as well, which is why he has been getting so much slower.

We have both fired him, and we both refuse to give him any reference. So, for a couple hundred $’s, he has totally messed up his reputation within our industry.

Moral of the story … It’s a SMALL world, and within industries, people know people, and messing around will not go unnoticed for long!