People can be rude at work
— We are all professionals at work. Nobody is rude or inconsiderate.Yeah, right.
In fact, nearly everybody has had to grit their teeth when a co-worker is insulting, inconsiderate or overbearing.
Such boorish behavior is more than just an irritant. It gets in the way of “job done.” And as productivity suffers, so does the company.
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Corra can well attest that boorish people will run your business. They will damage your business from within and from without.
If relationship building is the key to business development and customer retention, then obnoxious jerks can drive away customers. They are not relationship builders but relationship destroyers. In a world of high competition and multiple choices, no one wants to suffer someone’s bad attitude.
Boorish employees will cause morale to suffer. They will hurt production, and your other employers will be distracted by either their behavior or by discussing the jerk among themselves.
Make sure you have a good interview process and a good background screening program to help eliminate candidates who can prove obnoxious. Run everything from criminal records to Motor Vehicle Driving records to ascertain possible substance issues and behavior problems that will show up in different ways on these searches. And remember, a red flag is a red flag. Ignore it and you pay the price.
Check them out before you hire.
