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

[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.

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[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.