I sympathize with people who make hiring mistakes — and that's pretty much everyone who's ever made a hiring decision — but they still have to pay the people th

I sympathize with people who make hiring mistakes — and that's pretty much everyone who's ever made a hiring decision — but they still have to pay the people they mistakenly hire for the work they did. It is both the default mode of the law in most places I know, and also just basic professional ethics.