Placed a guy at a small construction company as an Estimator. He was reluctant to take the job, as it didn't pay well and he felt he would be underemployed. First few weeks seemed to go ok, though, and I sort of forgot about him.
Couple months later, I got a call from the owner of the company.
"Hey, I'm going to need another Estimator from you.
That sinking feeling on my end.
"Oh yeah, what happened to John?"
"Well, it's sort of weird. He was working hard all day, on the phone or the computer, but he never produced any bids. And then he starting showing up to work with ladders strapped to the top of his car. Said he was helping a friend work on some houses. Finally, while he was gone, we went into his office, checked out his computer. Turns out he was running a home inspection business from our office! Had a database of clients, schedule of inspections, the works. When we asked him about it, he said: 'Well, how do you expect me to live on the crummy salary you guys pay?'"
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