Blog Post #1

I have just read "I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here's Why", by Kyle Wiens, published for HBR Blog Network. 

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/07/i_wont_hire_people_who_use_poo.html.

In this article, Kyle is explaining to us that grammar is very important. He believes you need to be an expert when it comes to grammar. He thinks that people are not capable of doing a good job in other areas of work if you do not know how to write without making any grammatically errors. He says, “I’ve found that people who make fewer mistakes on a grammar test also make fewer mistakes when they are doing something completely unrelated to writing”. He makes everyone who applies for his companies take a grammar test. He has a “zero tolerance approach”, so he also throws away every application to his company “iFixit” or “Dozuki” if it has only one grammatically error. “Good grammar makes good business sense”, everyone who works at the company writes for a living.

I personally think it is ridiculous for any person who is in charge of hiring others would throw away an application because of grammatically errors. It happens, we all make mistakes. Yes, I do see the importance of writing well, but grammar doesn’t make up writing. I also disagree with what he says about “I’ve found that people who make fewer mistakes on a grammar test also make fewer mistakes when they are doing something completely unrelated to writing – like stocking shelves or labeling parts”. I think that it shouldn’t completely matter whether you know how to write or not when applying to a job where you “stock shelves or label parts”. I could understand him being quite strict on your writing and grammar skills when apply to “Ifixit” or “Dozuki”, primarily because you would be writing for a living, but other than that I think that is ridiculous.