I dunno, "you're great, I would love to work with you again" and "come pay a day of vacation time ($500+ cash; actual value much higher value due to scarcity) a

I dunno, "you're great, I would love to work with you again" and "come pay a day of vacation time ($500+ cash; actual value much higher value due to scarcity) and jump through these hoops like everyone else" are somewhat hard to square with each other as a pitch to my former coworkers. I get why a calibration process is useful to the company, but it's not particularly useful to the person who pays the costs.