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I used to work for a company that took that line. We were given a quota, say to hire 5 people. I proposed sending out 7 offers with the expectation that not all

by jzwinck 11y ago

I used to work for a company that took that line. We were given a quota, say to hire 5 people. I proposed sending out 7 offers with the expectation that not all would accept. And if they all did accept we would certainly find a use for them. HR rejected this idea. So a lot of it is made up by HR folks who want hiring to appear in their reports to be more predictable than it is.

lostcolony 11y ago
It's not really HR's fault, though. They don't share the viewpoint that most technical people do, that finding good technical people is sufficiently hard to warrant hiring extra if you find yourself so lucky as to find more than you need, rather than risking missing out on filling the positions you need.
gumby 11y ago
That's unfair to the candidates: what if all seven accept? In this case HR is doing the right thing.
- jzwinck 11y ago
  Two extra employees in a big firm is nothing. As I said before, we could easily have found a use for two more. Not that there was more than 1% chance of it happening.
  - gumby 11y ago
    ah, I was thinking of a startup, or a company with more strict headcount rules/constraints.