Would you have hired Kevin for the Receptionist job in Ghostbusters?

Before I answer this question, I would like to go over my thoughts about Kevin. He truly was not qualified for the job as the Receptionist for the Conductors of the Metaphysical Examination (a.k.a. Ghostbusters). However, it's not as if Dr. Abby Yates, Dr. Erin Gilbert and Dr. Jillian Holtzmann received a lot of applicants for the position. In fact, he was the only one who inquired about the job. I figured they must have been very desperate for help if they were willing to hire him. Side note, hiring Patty Tolan was a good decision because unlike Kevin she brought a lot of knowledge, skill and competence in her job as a Ghostbuster.

Kevin was so bad at his job, he could barely answer the phone and take messages properly or inform the ladies ahead of time that they had a client or visitor who was there. You start to wonder why they didn't fire him? Well, I guess they were so used to him being at the office that despite his incompetence they didn't want to fire him. He does have a cheerful and bubbly personality and adds a touch of whimsy throughout the office. He makes me think of a Ken doll that's brought to life who really can't do anything but he does have an enthusiasm for life.

From a business standpoint, it probably would have been better to have set up an answering system for phone calls and then if anyone was in the office they could greet potential clients until they could hire an efficient Receptionist. However, odds are they would be waiting a long time before anyone else applied for the job. So, it probably didn't make any sense to get rid of Kevin because bad help is better than no help, I guess. Kevin may not be the smartest person but he does bring a sense of unexpected humor to the office.

Now to answer the question of whether I would have hired Kevin, my answer is no. As much as I think he's a wonderfully exuberant person, I think he's terrible at his job. And in all the time he was working there, he did not seem like he was getting any better at his job either. He reminds me of the character Synclaire James from the 90s TV series Living Single. She was just as naive, clueless and inept as he was and the only reason she had the job as Receptionist (and later Office Manger) for Flavor magazine was because her cousin Khadijah James is the Publisher and Editor of the magazine. So unless Kevin was a family member who truly needed a job (temporarily), there is no way I would have hired him otherwise.