She Showed Up to Work in the Wrong City

<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>On her first day, she showed up in Charlotte.</p><p><br></p><p>She had assumed the job was remote. It wasn&#39;t.</p><p><br></p><p>In Episode 51 of The Bad Hire, Ken, Nathan, and Emma break down another round of unbelievable workplace stories involving first-hour critics, rearranged offices, references who never agreed to be references, a four-day resignation letter with headers, and a Slack channel no new hire should have ever seen.</p><p><br></p><p>You&#39;ll hear:</p><p>• Employees submit ideas for a $1,000 bonus, and the company uses them to eliminate their jobs</p><p>• A new analyst tells his trainer the process is how his old job did it, but worse, in his first hour</p><p>• Forty minutes into her first day, a new hire disappears to rearrange the office</p><p>• A candidate lists references who didn&#39;t know they were her references</p><p>• A new hire emails senior leadership a formatted critique after four days</p><p>• A new hire is accidentally added to the executives&#39; private Slack channel</p><p>• A new hire shows up to her first day in the wrong city</p><p>• Mackenzie, CEO of Sacramento Splash, on hiring a close friend who went a year over budget</p><p>• A new hire rewrites his NDA before signing his day one paperwork</p><p><br></p><p>Key Takeaways:</p><p>• Sometimes a bad hire is really a bad manager.</p><p>• Fresh ideas land better after you&#39;ve learned how things work.</p><p>• Always tell your references before you list them.</p><p>• If you end up somewhere you&#39;re not supposed to be, get out.</p><p>• Put it in writing, and then make sure they actually read it.</p><p><br></p><p>💸 Think you&#39;ve heard worse? Submit your Bad Hire story at TheBadHire.com for a chance to win $10,000.</p><p><br></p><p>⸻</p><p><br></p><p>Connect with Us:</p><p>🌐 Website: TheBadHire.com</p><p>📧 Email: team@thebadhire.com</p><p>📱 Instagram: @thebadhirepod</p><p>📘 Facebook: facebook.com/thebadhirepod</p><p>🎵 TikTok: @thebadhirepod</p><p>💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/thebadhire</p><p><br></p><p>—</p><p><br></p><p>Sponsored by BChex:</p><p><br></p><p>Need better background checks? BChex makes hiring safer, faster, and simpler. From visitor management to employee monitoring—BChex has you covered.</p><p><br></p><p>www.bchex.io</p><p><br></p><p>—</p><p><br></p><p>🎙