C007¶


Research	R0007 — AI Made Everyone Faster
Run	2026-03-19
Claim	C007

Claim: Housman and Minor studied 50,000 workers and found that avoiding one toxic hire saves $12,489 while hiring a top-one-percent superstar adds only $5,303.

BLUF: Confirmed. Housman and Minor (Harvard Business School Working Paper 16-057) studied over 50,000 workers across 11 firms and found avoiding a toxic worker saves approximately $12,489 (replacement costs from turnover caused by the toxic worker) while hiring a top-1% superstar adds approximately $5,303 in value. The economic conclusion — avoiding toxic hires is worth more than 2x hiring superstars — is robustly supported.

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%) | Confidence: High

Summary¶

Entity	Description
Claim Definition	Claim text, scope, status
Assessment	Full analytical product with reasoning chain
ACH Matrix	Evidence x hypotheses diagnosticity analysis
Self-Audit	ROBIS-adapted 4-domain process audit

Hypotheses¶

ID	Hypothesis	Status
H1	Claim is accurate as stated	Supported
H2	Partially correct with caveats	Eliminated
H3	Claim is materially wrong	Eliminated

Searches¶

ID	Target	Results	Selected
S01	Housman Minor toxic workers financial impact	10	3

Sources¶

Source	Description	Reliability	Relevance
SRC01	Housman & Minor (2015) HBS Working Paper	High	High