Frequently acquihires are about opportunity, not cost. I’ve seen acquihires at salaries above what the company would offer to organically recruited employees, b

Frequently acquihires are about opportunity, not cost. I’ve seen acquihires at salaries above what the company would offer to organically recruited employees, because the company is just desperate to recruit. Paying higher salaries can be less costly (once you factor in recruiter salaries, cost of interviews, and opportunity cost of all the time those open positions sit unfilled) than hiring through normal channels. I guess it’s still fundamentally about cost, but not necessarily first-order costs as you describe.