The article paints a needlessly bleak picture. The neutral reading of the practice is, "managers are able to take riskier hiring decisions, because they are gi

The article paints a needlessly bleak picture. The neutral reading of the practice is, "managers are able to take riskier hiring decisions, because they are given an allowed turnover rate". Which surprisingly enough is a solution to the ever-growing worry of false negatives in hiring - i.e., overlooking good candidates whos resume or interview did not shine strongly enough, or who perhaps are from a shunned, misunderstood culture, or who otherwise did not fit the generic hiring practice prevalent in the society. This solution allows an organization to make riskier hiring decisions at a well understood rate - hopefully catching the false negatives that did slip through competing organizations' hiring process.