Hiring Horror Stories: A Chicken Suit, a Police Chase, and Bail on the Company Card

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Nobody expects a hiring decision to end with coworkers watching their new manager flee police on television. Most employers would settle for someone who shows up, does the work, and uses the company card for things that don’t involve bail.

Yet here we are.

These three accounts bring plenty of absurdity, but the hiring questions underneath them are familiar. What convinced someone to make the offer? Which qualifications did the employer verify?

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