I feel similar but just want to add that letting people do a ~20 hour probation week could be useful for both parties here. Meaning they can keep their same job

I feel similar but just want to add that letting people do a ~20 hour probation week could be useful for both parties here. Meaning they can keep their same job, but you're going to pay them to do 1-2 weeks at 20 hours per week. This doesn't sound like a sensitive IP situation, either. Also, if you can't get someone up and delivering value in 20 hours that's good data about your internal setup. My goal is a minor commit on day 1. And if you can't spec out value that could be delivered in that time frame you probably have weak requirements.