Do you agree that an employer should hire employees who are smarter than him?

[krishnaverma]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

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[Flexystar]

It depends on various facts though. What type business it is, how it runs and what are the required skills for the same?

I mean any business that is running successfully will always have two strong bonds: Employee and Employer. Now frankly speaking if you look at big organization then employer (owner themselves) would never know all of their employee except the higher managements who reports to them. However, they are always hired based on the job requirements and skill sets. It may not concern whether they are smarter than the employer or not smarter. All it matters is they are giving their 100% for the job they hired.

If we come down to small businesses whether they are start ups and small scales then it might have some direct impact. Lets say there is smart person whose part of such small business but he has no interest in running the business itself due to less funding's, his family conditions, or he might be just interested in using his smart work to do his work faithfully. So it may not be that much concerning.

However, a watch from employer is always needed in such cases.

Stealing ideas, making own establishments out of the experiments is something we can never hide or tell about anyone. However, an owner knows how difficult it is to create successful business. So it may happen they never be success though they have the ideas stolen.

What I am seeing here is, multiple scenario's based on multiple factors. Good or bad, mixed.

[_BlackStar]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

But you don't need to be too paranoid about this because you can still limit something that you think is important for your employees in your company or business. Your concern must be something very positive if you really have a good mindset in building business. I mean, you can give enough capital to your employees to open another business with the same idea which in the end is still within your control.

Your business model will determine how you can build this business to be more successful. If you are smart enough to take advantage of the odds then your money will really work for you. I've seen success with this kind of business model before, so I'm just saying.

[bitmover]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Life is not so linear. There isn't such thing as a smart number and people are like in a line over that.

People have different qualities and know about different subjects. Someone may be very smart in coding but an idiot when talking about finances or administration (like Sam from ftx) Nobody can be smart in everything.

So, a boss should always hire people who are smarter than him in various area where he is not or just doesn't have time

[Zaguru12]

Hiring smarter employees is always seen challenging to egocentric employers. With smarter peopl running your business you will have the ability to widen the business beyond your own ideas

It also lures more costumers to your services because you probably have the best in your companies.

With smarter employees around, the employer will Learn from their initiatives.

[coupable]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

That worker cannot be smart, otherwise he would have launched his own project and supervised it instead of working as a wage earner in projects owned by investors who are supposed to be less intelligent than him.
The owner of the project will look for smart workers, and I do not think he will compare his intelligence with their intelligence before assigning them. The man in the video probably wants to present a distinctive picture of his project and how he employs efficient and intelligent employees.
In the best cases, the intelligent person will be able to employ his skills without his employer noticing him because he will simply focus with him more fearing that his intelligence will lead him to actions that are in his personal interest and not in the interest of the work he was assigned to do .

[freedomgo]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Having smart employees is definitely an advantage since they can serve as assets in the company. If I am an employer, I would not resort into thinking that I will be taken advantage in the end, instead we can work hand in hand for the success of the company. If ever they will decide to stand on their own and build their own companies, I guess it should be my pride since they were able to learn from me, and for me atleast I’m thankful that I will be part of their success sooner.

[Upgrade00]

Life is not so linear. There isn't such thing as a smart number and people are like in a line over that.
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Correctly said.
There is no universal scale which determines who is smarter than another and the degree of said difference. People have their strengths and weakness and as an employee, or business owner, your job is to utilize the strengths of people you employ and find ways to minimize the effect of their weakness.

There are key factors to a business and as an owner, you cannot be equally skilled in the various areas. A great project design would need good marketing, and this involves hiring people smarter than you in that field, same with finances, Human Resource, customer service etcetera.

What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

There are so many facets to running a business and as an owner, you choose what slide someone gets to see, which is relevant to the execution of their roles.

[Finestream]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

This is even a great edge having those brilliant minds working for you because they can do well in their respective jobs and they can be trusted enough to meet the success of the company. So they will always contribute to the growth of the company, and definitely not the other way around. However, it’s a good thing that they will also learn from you, because you can be their own inspiration to do better in their jobs and find their own success in the future.

[Sanitough]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Definitely a good decision. They can be your big assets in your company to achieve faster your company’s goals and become successful eventually. And also, you can ask for them some new and interesting ideas that they think will be of great help for the company’s growth and success. So the process will be very smooth sailing. Whether they also sees you to be their stepping stone, well this is even better because at least you have helped them to become successful in their own career too once they decide to separate from your company.

[Rruchi man]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Back then in the University (college), there is this popular talk that the "A" students usually end up being employed by the "D" students who while in school, already recognized that school was not their thing and started businesses. Some people who are not good  with book work can be very good and creative in business and life. As an employer, and someone who has been able to package a business, your business now needs some professionals and specialist who can carry out your ideas to standard.

 You should not be afraid to employ smart people, it is for the benefit of your business and company.

 

[livingfree]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working?

I agree on that style because that's how companies do, you hire the best people even the people that are smarter than you. This is the reason why rich people become richer because they're hiring people who are smarter than them but works harder for them.

What are the possible intentions behind doing this?

Nothing, other than being wise and letting these people work for them. They hire smarter people than them but they're the wisest one.

Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

That's normal. But there are smart employees that would like to have job security instead of applying the ideas they've learned from their boss'.

[Theones]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working?

I agree on that style because that's how companies do, you hire the best people even the people that are smarter than you. This is the reason why rich people become richer because they're hiring people who are smarter than them but works harder for them.

What are the possible intentions behind doing this?

Nothing, other than being wise and letting these people work for them. They hire smarter people than them but they're the wisest one.

Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

That's normal. But there are smart employees that would like to have job security instead of applying the ideas they've learned from their boss'.

insecure people would not do that - they would like to have people who will be under their command
but visionary people are okie with hiring smart people them than them

[sovie]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working?

I agree on that style because that's how companies do, you hire the best people even the people that are smarter than you. This is the reason why rich people become richer because they're hiring people who are smarter than them but works harder for them.

What are the possible intentions behind doing this?

Nothing, other than being wise and letting these people work for them. They hire smarter people than them but they're the wisest one.

Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

That's normal. But there are smart employees that would like to have job security instead of applying the ideas they've learned from their boss'.

there is a difference between hard work and the smart work - the smart worker are more efficient and bring so much value to the company but then most of them are arrogant too = they would leave the job at any moment to better himself

[hatshepsut93]

Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies?

Stealing ideas is illegal if they are patented. And a list of clients + idea is not enough to start most businesses. You need capital and time, and there's a huge risk that you won't get enough customers. Plus being smart does not guarantee success in everything. A boss might not understand every intricacy of the field they operate in, but have a good business sense.

If someone hires only mediocre people out of fear of them surpassing the employer, such business is not likely to survive the competition in the long run.

[Hydrogen]

The following is a good read entitled "why I never hire brillant men". It does an excellent job of addressing the topic.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Why_I_Never_Hire_Brilliant_Men

The concept of human intelligence could be a myth. While there are people who specialize in certain areas of study. Specialization usually does not translate to greater average competency. Being 10/10 in math doesn't translate to being 10/10 in other human endeavors. The confidence that comes with excellence in singular fields could be an illusion to a certain extent. This is something we have seen repeatedly throughout history in terms of people overestimating their capabilities and productiveness while underestimating the obstacles and problems they will face. With catastrophic results. Whether its star citizen in the modern era or nazi germany underestimating the russian winter in WW II. The idea that people approach things rationally and logically while being concerned primarily with facts is a trend which is far more associated with rarity than normality.

The idea that smart people exist could also be a myth. The correct term could be specialization, which usually does not translate into a broad range of competency.

[DrBeer]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Only for the slave owner, the labor force is totally stupider than the "employer"

I explain with a very simple example: A businessman is a person who implements IDEAS by finding areas on the market where you can earn money. Yes, no romanticism - and profit drives business. There are some other goals but they are not so significant.

So. Take Elon Musk as an example
We will not dig deep now, but let's be honest - a smart, cunning, purposeful businessman, and a public figure. But what would he do himself, without ENGINEERS smarter than him, PROGRAMMERS smarter than him, CHEMISTS smarter than him? So that we now see instead of Tesla, Starlink, SpaceX? His mind alone was not enough, moreover, in many practical areas, in terms of knowledge, he loses much to the specialists he hired. By the way, the recruitment in his companies is carried out by HR specialists who are smarter than him in the field of personnel assessment and selection

[Quidat]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Totally depending on the owner, if he does have this kind of mindset then so be it.He has all the power and criteria on choosing on its employees, but how he could really determine if someone is that smart or just simply looking smart? Screening would really be not that precise if we do talk on being smart yet there are some smart but not really that productive due to some reasons.
You cant able to determine if your employee is smart on direct point of view but rather it would really be that needed takes time before you could
able to point out if he's smart or not but in overall this is really just too much to ask.

[sheenshane]

It depends on various facts though. What type business it is, how it runs and what are the required skills for the same?

I tend to agree with this answer, it depends on what type of business.
Hiring smarter employees is a wise decision and it could they are good assets in your company, they were like a gem.

You should know the consequences of possibly stealing ideas, I have been working in a known fast-food chain (Jollibee) for 5 years but I didn't know until now how they process the food because it's all a pre-heat process.  Something like that, you should prefer all the consequences in the future, and hiring the smartest employees isn't a big deal, instead a good asset in your company.

[rat03gopoh]

Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Hasn't this become a common fact? Rich people hire smart people. And in fact there was no significant impact even though various thefts of business ideas occurred by employees. What smart people can't do is experience doing business, smart people only work on orders, they don't feel when the business fails and how to develop alternative ideas.

[Crypt0Gore]

Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Hasn't this become a common fact? Rich people hire smart people. And in fact there was no significant impact even though various thefts of business ideas occurred by employees. What smart people can't do is experience doing business, smart people only work on orders, they don't feel when the business fails and how to develop alternative ideas.

I wonder why Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba said that hiring lazy people is better because they find solution to problems the easiest ways, he claimed lazy people are better than hardworking people, meaning hardworking people goes the hardest way and lazy people goes the easiest way.

Is this a lame idea from Jack Ma?

[Pandu Geddon]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

I think a businessman will indeed be happy when he has smart employees. but I think being smart is not enough, they also have to be kind and honest. This is to balance the intelligence possessed by employees. because those who are smart sometimes use their intelligence to do something wrong. as you might expect.
a good businessman, actually will not bind his employees for a long time. I once listened to a company leader scolding his employees who had worked for 10 years at his company. he says don't take long, you are here 3-5 years. take the knowledge and create your own business. I don't want to see you old in my company.
Companies will grow well when their leaders and employees have the same mission.

[livingfree]

insecure people would not do that - they would like to have people who will be under their command
but visionary people are okie with hiring smart people them than them

Well, insecure people or employers wouldn't find success if they're going to let themselves get into politics just as the way they think. But if they're smart enough, they wouldn't think about it and ego isn't going to be a matter to them.

What they'll mostly think is that, "this smart person will make money lots of people". Simple as that.

there is a difference between hard work and the smart work - the smart worker are more efficient and bring so much value to the company but then most of them are arrogant too = they would leave the job at any moment to better himself

That's pride whenever someone thinks about leaving the job any time they want because no one is better than them. I think many employers are giving the importance about attitude and next is intelligence.

[Renampun]

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Life is not so linear. There isn't such thing as a smart number and people are like in a line over that.

People have different qualities and know about different subjects. Someone may be very smart in coding but an idiot when talking about finances or administration (like Sam from ftx) Nobody can be smart in everything.

So, a boss should always hire people who are smarter than him in various area where he is not or just doesn't have time

I remember that I don't have good skills for coding and speaking (but my ex-boss used to be good at both of these things) but I'm pretty good at finance because I like that and I'm also a graduate in accounting.
a boss only needs to maintain a balance (financial, employee, and client comfort) of his/her company, for other matters he needs experts from his/her employees because a boss can't possibly take care of everything and is also not smart in everything, it needs balance.

[isaac_clarke22]

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Like others mentioned, it would depend on what type of business. We can't just sort of put it in a single agreement on that kind of style of working in any industry.
The obvious intention would be that the potential candidate would have a great contribution to the company especially if we are talking about tech industries.  In my experience as a software dev, because there are sooooo many ways to implement or hard code things, you might overlook the security issues from your code since there are some people that have the mindset of "if it works, it works", but then one day their site would be attacked by hackers through various methods (XSS attack, SQL injection, etc.)

An employer would obviously hire that potential candidate knowing that s/he can contribute to mitigate or prevent the possible damages that could happen to their company.

[Fatunad]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

I think a businessman will indeed be happy when he has smart employees. but I think being smart is not enough, they also have to be kind and honest. This is to balance the intelligence possessed by employees. because those who are smart sometimes use their intelligence to do something wrong. as you might expect.
a good businessman, actually will not bind his employees for a long time. I once listened to a company leader scolding his employees who had worked for 10 years at his company. he says don't take long, you are here 3-5 years. take the knowledge and create your own business. I don't want to see you old in my company.
Companies will grow well when their leaders and employees have the same mission.

Yes, being smart would be totally useless if an employee isnt kind and honest which means that there are really factors which you would really be needing up to form a good team.
You cant just rely on being smart alone and the fact these people could really make out decisions which might really opposing into yours or something that loves to debate on
which is something you dont like as a boss.Its not really that bad to have this kind of criteria or preference as an owner.You do have the full rights on whose you gonna
accept on the company but requiring such kind of quality doesnt always end up on a better choice.

[Frankolala]

Hiring smart employees that are smarter than you is the best way for you to be a successful businessman because they will  come up with new ideas and motivation that will move the company to a great height. Imagine you employed people that you are smarter than and only you knows so much it will be a big burden on you since you need to be there at all time to make sure everything is moving smooth.

If you employ the smarter ones they will do all your stuffs for you while you rest or travel to wherever you want yours is just to keep in touch. Everybody has his own gift and skill and getting a professional in that field of work is the best,you see most employers will call their employees to tell them ideas on making the company progressive and any of these employees that comes up with a good idea that helped the company to make good profit,that employee will be promoted.

[Die_empty]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

It is important to meditate on or review most information you get from the internet because some of them might not be applicable to your environment or situation. For me everybody have their area of strength and weakness. A smart employer or CEO would always employ individuals that can help cover up their weaknesses and compliment their area of strength.

I don't think there should be any form of fear that your employee would steal your ideas because ideas should be patented or registered before it would be unveiled to others. And only trusted employees should have access to important information. Everybody is free to start his or her own business because most competitors are always former employees. But you must ensure your business continue to offer quality services to customers at all times. If you satisfy your clients, you don't need to worry about competitors.  

[Fortify]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

A good business owner will surround themselves with intelligent and creative people because it will help drive their business forward. However, they should always be aware of their own weaknesses as well and how they can potentially be abused by such people. They should also fairly compensate their staff, as this will help to breed a constructive work environment where the riches of the company are adequately shared between more than just a handful of people at the top. This sort of staffing will help to attract other similar talent and can propel even mediocre businesses forward by eliminating waste or being much more productive with the resources that are available.

[Apocollapse]

Anyone can start a same business and create better than the company that they're currently work, but does you can get a client after you start to create the same business? Nope, this is why reputation and existence is really important. It's not easy to attract old clients that already have their own favorite business, since they're already good and doesn't want to look for the other business. If you never did open a business, you wouldn't know this and that's why you're creating this thread.

[kro55]

Don't just hire a smart employee, hire an employee who can be productive and benefit you, that means smart people do not mean they will be good at all jobs, each person has a certain strength. So your job is to find those people and bring them together to work for you.

In addition to the skill criteria, you should also pay attention to the employee's personality. If the employee is very intelligent but has a dishonest personality, or is arrogant, then the employee should not be hired. With those types of people, you will spend more time managing them than they will help you grow your business.

[EarnOnVictor]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

The businessman is very smart, you cannot hire a nonentity to do your work for you, you need people that are smart and brilliant. Most of the thriving countries of today are not successful because of the CEO and board of directors, such hierarchies only have the title and money to run the company. Successful companies are mostly so because of common employees in the right department of the company. What the businessman needs is their brains, and they would be paid for that.

As for the stealing of the company's money, you should know that most of these brilliant employees would be limited to some things. They will for example not be in the finance department where money is being received and spent.

[lovesmayfamilis]

There are two categories of leaders. Some are afraid to hire smart employees because, firstly, there is an opinion that experienced employees have a habit of always criticizing the authorities and advising them on how to do better. Hence, some businessmen, in order to look smarter, prefer to hire inexperienced employees. Furthermore, their wages fall far below those of skilled workers.
On the contrary, the second category prefers to hire experienced workers, giving them all the rights to implement their ideas. There is a good expression that when we see opportunities for growth, the poor person thinks, "How can I achieve them?" A rich man thinks about: "With the help of whom will I do this?"

I wonder why Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba said that hiring lazy people is better because they find solution to problems the easiest ways, he claimed lazy people are better than hardworking people, meaning hardworking people goes the hardest way and lazy people goes the easiest way.

Is this a lame idea from Jack Ma?

Are you sure Jack Ma said that?
Is my search talking about a completely different person? And that's Bill Gates.

Bill Gates thinks you should hire lazy people. No, seriously. He famously said, "I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it."

https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/bill-gates-says-lazy-people-make-the-best-employees/376746

[Mauser]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Not really, on my opinion it's more important to have people who work well together than a genius. Very intelligent people usually come with a big ego and they know how intelligent they are. So you are going to have to pay them a lot of more money. This depends of course on the job itself, for some positions a specialist required and then it makes sense to get a very smart person. If I had to choose o would pick a well centered, easy going and friendly worker over a difficult smart person. Another factor is that if you only hire people that are smarter than you, then what are you bringing to the table? Maybe the employees realise that they are doing all the work and could cut you out. And being smart and expert is one thing, having people skills and emotional intelligence is something completely different.

[Marvell1]

There are two categories of leaders. Some are afraid to hire smart employees because, firstly, there is an opinion that experienced employees have a habit of always criticizing the authorities and advising them on how to do better. Hence, some businessmen, in order to look smarter, prefer to hire inexperienced employees. Furthermore, their wages fall far below those of skilled workers.
On the contrary, the second category prefers to hire experienced workers, giving them all the rights to implement their ideas. There is a good expression that when we see opportunities for growth, the poor person thinks, "How can I achieve them?" A rich man thinks about: "With the help of whom will I do this?"

Hiring inexperienced staff will save you money as you say, but on the contrary, it will be very hard and take a lot of time to train everything for them. And when they're skilled enough, there's no guarantee you can keep them working for you. That's why today companies want to hire people with years of experience or more.
Hiring smart and experienced employees will save business owners a lot of things and will give business owners more time to deal with other business problems.

[Majestic-milf]

The aim of every business is to be established, make profit, and expand. It's not bad to employ someone who is smarter than you in that area as he tends to fulfill one of your goals of establishing: which is growth.

 Some businesses experience stagnancy as a result of some insecurities and doubts of the employer because to them, a smart person could usurp the company and craftily edge them out of ownership.

[noorman0]

In response to the title, of course
But it needs to be seen from various things. Employers do not mean stupid at all, on the contrary there are various structures and parts of the company that require specific expertise, even say at the SME level. In this case one company cannot be run by one person alone, so the theft of ideas is not the main concern of an employer.

[BigBos]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Of course, a boss has to hire smarter people so they can help develop their business with input in every work evaluation. You could say intelligence here is a person who is clever in his fields such as marketing, financial manager, production manager, and others. Just like in science management you have to keep your members who are smart in their field so that it goes well.

Stolen business idea? not infrequently every company is big or small, in my opinion it also depends on the contract signed before he was fired or resigned from the company and most entrepreneurs don't pay attention to that so people who are smart enough to understand how to run the business of the company where they work, he opens the same business with his workplace after leaving the company where he worked.
If only in the termination of the employment contract there was an agreement not to open the same business due to copyright or other reasons, maybe no one would dare if he was a former employee of that company

[YOSHIE]

What is your view regarding this?

In my view, hiring employees who are smarter than the boss is, of course, one thing and a normal and reasonable decision, there are many factors and advantages from an economic point of view, hiring employees like that, for the reason that the capabilities or expertise possessed by these employees are different, of course each of them masters the field of work.

I'm not sure, if all areas of work can be mastered by one employee who exceeds the superior, there are certain provisions where the superior does not understand in that field of course the employee understands it, However, my understanding is that the boss is not stupid in all areas of work in the company, if he is stupid, he definitely can't start the company from scratch, one or two areas that they are not good at and employees who are smarter than the boss are normal and common in companies, but not all fields.

As a whole and the fact of hiring smart employees from the boss in certain fields, which will definitely benefit the company economically / assets, for me it is reasonable and worthy to be employed.

[GiftedMAN]

Using myself as an example to the question of the OP, I got employed in a gas company earlier last year, having had a good experience before getting the job and bringing a good idea that helped the company's expansion got me a promotion and that alone made my boss take me as one of his smartest staff since I contributed to the expansion of his company within a short period.

Lately, I discovered that am not allowed to make some deals with most of our customers this is because my boss believes that with the way things are going and the way I get things sorted when there are troubles in the company, I can take away all his customers when I establish my own company since the customers are always requesting that I attend to them whenever they are coming to patronize the Company and things will be bad for him when am no longer there.

Employ smart employees but employing a smarter employee than you will make you uncomfortable if you can't trust them and when there is no trust you can never have peace within you because you will also feel cheated especially in a company where there is constant cash flow.

[Yatsan]

On my end, yes. Not because you are the employer means you know it all. That is why there are different positions on the company; skills fit position. Employers' task is to hire people who would perform best for the company not someone who'd be an underling for the employer. Well, considering different jobs wherein employer is also the owner of the business. Still, hiring someone who's better than you doesn't mean that they will replace you, rather, they would perform better for your company. Definitely a win-win situation IF you'd be able to hire him. Given the instance that he's smarter than you, you have to make things fair on his side in order to get him right? Then that would be more of a problem than to gauge whether to hire someone or not just because he exceeds your talent. That's pride if you won't.

[uneng]

A company consists in a work executed by a group of individuals. Each employee and the employer have different skills which when combined create outstanding results, although they mean nothing if each person works by himself, since they can't be skilled in every demanded aspects of the work. So I guess there isn't something like one person smarter than another. They are all professionals working side by side, helping each other on their personal difficults, so they can reach further on the sector they are working on. Regards fearing to be deceived by an employee has nothing to do with smartness. It's simply a lack of character and quality.

[Cling18]

As for me, yes. The employee's skills and knowledge are too important for the growth of the company. They will be able to use their knowledge to impart ideas and intelligence to the company. The employer would need his employee's support to maintain the foundation of his company strong so having smarter workers will surely be an edge for him to keep his company successful. It shouldn't be a competition between the employer and employees but rather a good connection for the good of the company.

[isaac_clarke22]

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There are some gray lines when it comes to securities though. Hiring someone better than you might mean that there is way economic better to do such things. Let's say the candidate knows how to deploy your software in a Linux software while most of you in the companies only knew how to do it in Window's way then you might be able to save waaaay more money for your company if you hired that candidate.

I would even be curious on how s/he would be able to do that without redefining the environment or maybe s/he would use Docker or any sort of containing software for our DevOps.

[doomloop]

In response to the title, of course
But it needs to be seen from various things. Employers do not mean stupid at all, on the contrary there are various structures and parts of the company that require specific expertise, even say at the SME level. In this case one company cannot be run by one person alone, so the theft of ideas is not the main concern of an employer.

I think it will also depend on the employer. There are people who wants to be superior more than the other so they will only hire normal people. It also will depend on the scope of the job. If the work is too basic like construction, then why will someone bother about the intellect of the person?

Construction jobs do also have a contractor, engineer, foreman or whatever you called it. They are the ones that will command if what will be the workers are doing. A smart employee can use his talent to take advantage of the company while his/her boss don't have an idea if what s going on. This happens but like you said, it will be avoided if there are different workers in the field.

[Hypnosis00]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

It could be an advantage in our business as we don't need to spend more time in training but never let it runs that way, we should also have to level up our knowledge in regards to business because what will happen if they will run away and mismanage the fund of the company? As a business owner, it is not all about hiring smarter employees but also hiring people who are loyal and who could spend their time doing good for the company, and who are willing to help for the success.

[Captain Corporate]

I think its not really about smarter. I mean of course it would be superb if they can find a smarter one, because that means someone smarter than you is working for you and that's amazing. However, I feel like it would be more about how much the employee could learn and how hard they work. If a worker is ethical and works hard for the money they earn, and if they also learn how the job is done, then they could end up with something great, they could be a great worker, even if they are not as smart as the owner of the company. Its always better to find a smarter one,  but a hard working learner is the key one you need, that would be great. I am not smarter than my employer for example, but I am sure he likes me because I learned the job very well, and even though I have been lacking recently because of life stuff getting in the way all the god damn time! but normally I am a hard worker as well.

[Crypto Legend]

I agree, if we have a smarter employee it will make the company better and progress, it doesn't matter if we follow the ideas or suggestions that he gives, as owners then we will not be afraid, precisely by having a smarter employee then we have more a lot of time to do other things or develop a business.

[Issa56]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

I think employing smart employees have both positive and negative effect, if you are employing a smart employee, it will definitely boost your business, their are some ideas that the employee will have that will help the company's growth which might increase the profit that the company is making. Also the employee might be trying to be smart just as you said and might be trying to steal. What I think is better is that if you are planning to employ any employee that's smarter than you, then I think it's better you monitor your business well even after employing people, don't leave everything just in the hands of your employees.

[Iroh]

Yes, I totally agree that an employer should hire employees that are smarter than him. In my opinion, that’s a great strategy. They would bring their brains and skills to the workplace which in turn would bring about effective and optimal results in the long run.

Obviously, an employer of labor has to employ someone as he couldn’t possibly do all the work himself. That’s why he has to employ someone. Now, every employer would want to hire the most suitable candidate for the job and that is usually the brightest among the bunch.

Not everyone can start up a business, weather the storm over the years as there would be a lot of bad storms and later be some fancy top notch CEO. You just have to hire the best so your business would thrive.

[Cookdata]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working?

What is the point of hiring someone if they are not smarter than you? Have you seen Elon Musk's Space X empire and his workers? Everything in the company is done by scientists because they know the job better than him, but credit goes to Elon. You will never see a headline that says employees invented this or outshined the CEO, they always work in the shadows while the employer enjoys their hard work.

What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Employers are very careful about how they give or share their trade secrets or intellectual property with anyone, which is why you see that companies do have restricted areas that are off-limits to some staff members. All companies have trade secrets and trademarks, which are what protect the company against copying from other potential people who have a similar interest in operating a similar business or stealing ideas.

[Kasabus]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Definitely not. An employer preferably want to hire smart employees, even smarter than the employer, because they don’t need more time and assistance since everything they do seems right and is in favor with the company goals to achieve fast growth and progress. They share common expectations with the employer so there will be a smooth and harmonious relationship between the employer and employees.

[BIT-BENDER]

Well let’s take Elon musk for example he hires people that are smarter than him who works very hard to build his own empire and he gets more super rich and while their employees just gets their normal pay. This is how Billionaires get rich and their employees earn the little they do.

I don’t think billionaires can do without some smart people around them, left alone they can only do as little as they can, and I doubt if there is any right thinking Employers that would even hire an employee who aren’t smarter especially when the employees are in very important position.

[el kaka22]

It’s quite a tough decision to make for a few reasons. If the worker is smarter than it would make more profit for you, and that’s a good thing but at the end of the day they could also leave and build their own thing or maybe find a bigger company as well.

I believe that having a smarter worker would be good for short term until they leave. Whereas if you have a very hard working one, then they will do their best for you, and if they are not smarter, they will have harder time proving that they would be good to other companies and that means they will stay with you longer as well. It’s just a simple approach, do you want short term bigger profit, or long term smaller profit?

[BRINIRHA]

I myself prefer to have employees who are honest even though their intelligence is not very good. Having employees who are smarter than us is certainly a good thing in building our business so that it is better, provided that these employees are honest employees. but I personally don't mind if my employee is smarter than me as long as he knows himself and can still respect all other colleagues. because according to my experience, there are employees who are not very smart but can have a positive impact on all jobs and are liked by all other employees. employees like that actually bring our business to grow more rapidly. because all employees can work comfortably and optimally.

[Balmain]

An insecure self-centered person certainly does not want people who are smarter than himself. But in this case, he is the one who loses. Everyone wins here if the boss leads these smart people. Of course, there are many parameters for businesses. Business owners may feel uneasiness when they fully grasp a job that is external to their emotional state. The possibility of going to another company with what he has learned, the employee can open his own company.

Recently, I was watching the stream of a businessman dealing with the tourism business. He is currently the owner of the holding and one of the largest holdings in my country. While doing tourism business, they left managers in a few stores years ago, and they learned all the sales tactics and everything from this man to take care of the stores. Afterwards, the owner of the business deals with other jobs and earns more money than us. They opened a new store with the idea of ​​why we don't open our own business. The owner of the business makes a lot of loss here, but later on, he enters the competition with ambition in the business. In this case, both sides suffer long-term losses.

He says the best thing I could do in this situation would be to sell my own stores to them. I think the business owner definitely needs to be flexible and agile when making some decisions. In other words, whether the employees are smart or stupid, it is important to control the situation and it is necessary to be agile.

[AbuBhakar]

Well let’s take Elon musk for example he hires people that are smarter than him who works very hard to build his own empire and he gets more super rich and while their employees just gets their normal pay. This is how Billionaires get rich and their employees earn the little they do.

I don’t think billionaires can do without some smart people around them, left alone they can only do as little as they can, and I doubt if there is any right thinking Employers that would even hire an employee who aren’t smarter especially when the employees are in very important position.

Elon is a good example when it comes in doing business, it’s indeed important to get smarter people who can do the job well at the same time contribute ideas into betterment of the project. His SpaceX project as well his other projects are proofs that smarter people can do his ideas. The only thing needed is the owner should have a quality of a leader that he can use in his employee that even they are smarter from him he knows how to handle them and will still follow him as their superior or boss.

[virasisog]

For me yes, an employer should hire employees who are smarter than him because it will help his business grow faster because smart people could easily adapt to changes and are also teachable. They can also serve as the nervous system of the company. The employer could lead but with smart employees, he can easily build a firm company. There's no sense in aiming to be smarter than everyone because a company also needs the ideas of smart employees to keep the company running for the long term.

[Sterbens]

Smart employees will be able to innovate for a company, so I agree that an employer should have smarter employees. We can rely on them to make a difference for our company. Regarding the smart guy stealing ideas and getting client details from the office, that's a different matter in my opinion, because every company will provide something different that they offer their clients. And if clients are satisfied with what they get from the company, it will be difficult to convince them to move to a new company that does not necessarily provide a more satisfying service than what they got before.

[gantez]

What are the possible intentions behind doing this?

To cover up to the areas he lack knowledge. People have different knowledge about different things and no body can be existing with out the other. If you know your weakness area so you need to employ individual to cover that area well so work will be productive. Employment of smart person is also good because some responsibility can be on the employee more than his salary, some CEO do this. They employ base on smart to give you more jobs for salary of one.

[bitzizzix]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Usually generalists tend to become bosses or company owners and then hire people who are experts (specialists) in their fields to help develop their companies, so bosses need smart people who can help progress their business or company and if they are not smart they will not be able to. develop.
And if smart people have negative goals or study all the jobs in that company to open their own business or company, it is not easy because it requires big capital, marketing and so on. However, if the employee has a great salary and is comfortable with his job, I don't think it will happen, but it is possible if he wants to be successful and puts in the effort.

[lionheart78]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working?

Why not?  Having smarter employee makes the employer's work easier.  In a business, the employer-employee relationship should be learning from one another.  So having a smarter employee means more growth to the employers' wisdom.  Thus, it can have a good effect to his business.

What are the possible intentions behind doing this?

Business boom?  As I said having smarter employees can bring new innovations to the table which can lead to a path of business improvements and progress. 

Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Lol, if the employee is smarter than the employer, it means the employee has more knowledge to offer than the employer thus it is impossible for the employee to steal known knowledge from the employer besides, employees are bonded with an agreement.  And the wicked employee is very different from smarter employee.  Because smarter employees will think of the consequences if they stole the ideas and methods of their boss.  Besides, those employees that stole client details and steal ideas from the company he is recently employed for are called wicked one.

[Smartvirus]

Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Of all the reasons for one not to employ someone that is supposedly smarter than himself or herself, this is one that shouldn't bother you as it seems very selfish. It makes you more of an employer of labour that isn't in support of his or her employees self development. That's not okay as it would build in your staff the need to be dubious.

Employing someone that is supposedly smarter than you is an added advantage to your establishment. At the very least, your sure of some professional service or job. They say "A graders work for C graders", let the brains work while, you manage the brains.

[len01]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

no need to worry. because a boss wants employees who are smarter than him with the reason to be employed in something that the boss cannot do alone.
and in my opinion another reason not to worry is even though employees are smarter than the owner of the company, a boss will definitely always monitor the performance of their employees and set limits.

An important factor for a boss to choose employees who are smarter than him is because a company CEO certainly wants the company to grow to be big by utilizing the intelligence of employees.

[Viscore]

Well let’s take Elon musk for example he hires people that are smarter than him who works very hard to build his own empire and he gets more super rich and while their employees just gets their normal pay. This is how Billionaires get rich and their employees earn the little they do.

I don’t think billionaires can do without some smart people around them, left alone they can only do as little as they can, and I doubt if there is any right thinking Employers that would even hire an employee who aren’t smarter especially when the employees are in very important position.

Right. Employers are given the full advantage to chose people smarter than them so that they can easily finish their jobs with almost perfection. And since they are more than good enough, employers will not spend more time anymore from training them as it seems their goals are in align with the employer’s goals. The smarter the employees, the higher the chances for the company’s growth and success.

[serjent05]

I believe it is a blessing to have an employee who is smarter than the owner.  As many of here stated, having a smarter employee lessen the burden of the employer in decision-making because the employee can help, suggest, advise and possibly design a new method to the betterment of the company.  Having a smarter employee is like making money works for you with a bonus.

Right. Employers are given the full advantage to chose people smarter than them so that they can easily finish their jobs with almost perfection. And since they are more than good enough, employers will not spend more time anymore from training them as it seems their goals are in align with the employer’s goals. The smarter the employees, the higher the chances for the company’s growth and success.

True, it will lessen the cost of training since smarter employees are possibly well equipped with skills and knowledge because these people will never apply to a job if they don't excel.  Smarter people hate being in a mess so they will train themselves personally and then apply for the position in order to impress their employer.

Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Of all the reasons for one not to employ someone that is supposedly smarter than himself or herself, this is one that shouldn't bother you as it seems very selfish. It makes you more of an employer of labour that isn't in support of his or her employees self development. That's not okay as it would build in your staff the need to be dubious.

I greatly agree with you.  Employee and employer must grow hand in hand.  They should not limit themselves to the possibilities of growth.  Besides if you employee gain knowledge and skills, the first one to benefits is the company.  This is also the reason why huge company often train their promising employee abroad so that their company will gain benefits from the learning this talen has learned.  Besides, taking very good care of employees make them develop loyalty.

Employing someone that is supposedly smarter than you is an added advantage to your establishment. At the very least, your sure of some professional service or job. They say "A graders work for C graders", let the brains work while, you manage the brains.

True, that should be the way.  Besides, it is too hard to be the jack of all trades and excel, most people who have lots of skills acquired seldom excel at anything,  so having experts is always a good thing for a company.

[sovie]

Well let’s take Elon musk for example he hires people that are smarter than him who works very hard to build his own empire and he gets more super rich and while their employees just gets their normal pay. This is how Billionaires get rich and their employees earn the little they do.

I don’t think billionaires can do without some smart people around them, left alone they can only do as little as they can, and I doubt if there is any right thinking Employers that would even hire an employee who aren’t smarter especially when the employees are in very important position.

Right. Employers are given the full advantage to chose people smarter than them so that they can easily finish their jobs with almost perfection. And since they are more than good enough, employers will not spend more time anymore from training them as it seems their goals are in align with the employer’s goals. The smarter the employees, the higher the chances for the company’s growth and success.

And Elon thinks that only the smart people are white people and he is firing all the indian from Twitter.
But the formula is correct - he has been very smart in hiring the wise and smart people working for him and getting rich.

[Theones]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

no need to worry. because a boss wants employees who are smarter than him with the reason to be employed in something that the boss cannot do alone.
and in my opinion another reason not to worry is even though employees are smarter than the owner of the company, a boss will definitely always monitor the performance of their employees and set limits.

An important factor for a boss to choose employees who are smarter than him is because a company CEO certainly wants the company to grow to be big by utilizing the intelligence of employees.

Smart employee has smart choices
Some employee dont have problem with smarter people in their company - they would love to learn and grow but the others are jealous and insecure so they would like to hire people who would bow down in front of them

[Smack That Ace]

For me yes, an employer should hire employees who are smarter than him because it will help his business grow faster because smart people could easily adapt to changes and are also teachable. They can also serve as the nervous system of the company. The employer could lead but with smart employees, he can easily build a firm company. There's no sense in aiming to be smarter than everyone because a company also needs the ideas of smart employees to keep the company running for the long term.

Having the services of smart employees is something any business owner wants, but you need to remember that only hire smart but obedient employees, most intelligent people are very arrogant and do not follow anyone's instructions.
Second, don't put or make him the nervous system of the company because if he does, he will be egotistical and see himself as the navel of the universe, then your role as boss will be eclipsed for your company. Hire smart people to work for you but use them wisely.

[wxa7115]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Capable employees will always be needed if you want your business to grow, however it is true that this could lead you to some of those employees to learning a lot about your business and eventually becoming a competitor.

However to me this is a risk worth taking, after all if knowledge was the only thing needed to open a business then we will not see the high rate of business failure that exist already, besides by the time your former employee is able to have all the necessary resources to create his business that is more than enough time to make your business grow with the help of your current and new employees.

[Obari]

It most times depends on the nature of the work involved.
Most big companies with greater number of branches basically don't need to know their employees as they basically want to hire the best candidate available for a position.
Companies have been employing way more smarter people to work with them because most CEOs don't necessarily need to do a lot of work but rather provide an enabling environment for the work and giving room for it's employees to work.
Some companies have a board of directors, manager, sub managers, regional managers and also branch managers as well and these are people who are believed to be smart and best qualified for a position, hence this for me answers the question if employees would employ people more smarter than them and it's a yes of course provided it takes the companies to a greater height.

[RockBell]

An employer can't know everything about all the different departments within his company, but I believe that when it comes to leadership and decision-making, an employer needs to be competent. I have witnessed instances where an employee was intelligent but very haughty and poor at making decisions. Being an employer, in my opinion, requires the possessor of a number of special skills, most important leadership skills. making good decision matter a lot to me.

[CageMabok]

And Elon thinks that only the smart people are white people and he is firing all the indian from Twitter.
But the formula is correct - he has been very smart in hiring the wise and smart people working for him and getting rich.

In fact, of all the people who had worked at Twitter before Elon Musk bought Twitter, Indians are descendants of smart and wise people at work and also will not harm the company. But I don't know what is going through Elon Musk's mind by firing Indians who have worked on Twitter, because if you know the history of the internet and programmers who were born in this world, then it always has something to do with Indians.

[Theones]

And Elon thinks that only the smart people are white people and he is firing all the indian from Twitter.
But the formula is correct - he has been very smart in hiring the wise and smart people working for him and getting rich.

In fact, of all the people who had worked at Twitter before Elon Musk bought Twitter, Indians are descendants of smart and wise people at work and also will not harm the company. But I don't know what is going through Elon Musk's mind by firing Indians who have worked on Twitter, because if you know the history of the internet and programmers who were born in this world, then it always has something to do with Indians.

Indian are smarter they are very good in ttech and in entertainment industry  - but my family member have worked with them in gulf countries they believe they prefer having Indians alongside. and there is strong grouping among them as well.

[rahmad2nd]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

If you are the leader of a large company, then you will need people who are competent in their respective fields. Having an employee who is smarter than his employer does not necessarily mean that he will steal the company's idea. after all, the definition of smart has a broad meaning. there are many large companies that employ people who are very smart, even smarter than their employers.

if I want to build a Startup-based technology business, I will gather smart people to become business partners so that the company I run has a promising future progress. so, I totally agree with what a famous businessman said. and the proof is that he became a famous and successful businessman, because he didn't just rely on himself alone.

[KEN L]

A smart person will be more proud. If he cannot convince the employer, he cannot improve with the employer, and the employer may have a headache. Of course, a smart person will definitely give the employer some help.

[Ucy]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Assuming the employer = company's head,
I think he may be lucky if the employees are trustworthy people otherwise they could outsmart him, cheat and take advantage of the company.
Companies heads need to be ahead of their employees to be able to guide and use them to run the companies properly. The problem is that a lot of people don't really deserve to be companies heads so they look for people who are ahead of them to manage, which should not be so as such employees will become the actual heads and control/use the employer. The head needs to understand the business well and be fully in charge of his company.

[sovie]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Assuming the employer = company's head,
I think he may be lucky if the employees are trustworthy people otherwise they could outsmart him, cheat and take advantage of the company.
Companies heads need to be ahead of their employees to be able to guide and use them to run the companies properly. The problem is that a lot of people don't really deserve to be companies heads so they look for people who are ahead of them to manage, which should not be so as such employees will become the actual heads and control/use the employer. The head needs to understand the business well and be fully in charge of his company.

getting a good job is a challenge and getting an honest employee is a bigger challenge
In my 16 years of service - I have seen people coming and going being dishonest to the company
But hiring smarter people is a good option but have a back up as well

[mich]

The positivity of having this mentality is bountiful for you. There shouldn't be any negative to this. You just have to be sure that the person you're hiring is not overqualified for the position.

Hiring is not an easy process at all, but I do think that an employer should hire employees who are smarter than them. This is not what some companies do but in all honesty is it the keen route to go. Sometimes, we can learn from employees and vice versa.

There are projects to be accomplished and you need a team to get it completed. Rather that you assemble a team together to help the business grow.

[KEN L]

The positivity of having this mentality is bountiful for you. There shouldn't be any negative to this. You just have to be sure that the person you're hiring is not overqualified for the position.

Hiring is not an easy process at all, but I do think that an employer should hire employees who are smarter than them. This is not what some companies do but in all honesty is it the keen route to go. Sometimes, we can learn from employees and vice versa.

There are projects to be accomplished and you need a team to get it completed. Rather that you assemble a team together to help the business grow.

It seems that recruiting in 2023 is not a difficult task. I just saw that Amazon has laid off employees, and human resources are the first people they lay off. This shows that they will not have strong recruitment needs in the future.

[Chripto]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

it depends on the type of business you‘re in. If you just need a cashier for your gas station, it just isn‘t neccessary to check if someone is smarter than you. If it is a complex business, you should go for Mr. Smartypants with cool innovative ideas. The danger of betrayal is always present no matter how smart your employees are.

[Chato1977]

as long as the employee respects the employer and willing to collaborate in all aspects? I think this is a gold mine found for both of them.

[Raizok21]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

Always remember that there's someone always intelligent than you. Being an employer doesn't mean you must know every single thing. Let your employees do their jobs even they're smarter than you with regards to that job. All you can do is to manage them

[alastantiger]

I was listening to a YouTube video by a famous business man and he was saying that he prefers to hire employees who are smarter than him. Do you agree with this style of working? What are the possible intentions behind doing this? Isn't their fear that these smart employees can steal ideas from office or get client details and then start their own companies? What is your view regarding this?

I think it is a good idea for an employer to hire an employee who is smarter than him. Most times in business, the employer who owns the business may not have or know much about his business, so if he eventually sees someone who is or has a good idea or smarter way of improving his business, I think he should be hired without a second though. as the two of them work together to improve and make a positive impact on the business. As the goal of every businessman is profit maximization, Regardless, the employer should also learn from the employee because the employee will someday want to resign and start his own business.

[ashslm]

Silly question, just hire people capable of doing the job the best, fastest, most reliable and most repeatable, It's all about being effective and adaptive I'd say.

[BADecker]

In Appleton, Wisconsin, there is a grocery store (a big one) called Woodman's Market. And actually, there are several of them in Wisconsin, a chain, started back in 1919.

Several decades ago the employees bought out the company. It's an employee owned store. As such, everybody gets to share in the profits that the owner, Mr. Woodman, would be making. The employees are smart... at least the ones running it all.

The benefits are good. I'm tempted to get a job there.