Even though process is intended to mitigate the damage an individual can cause, in practice it's hard to have a good process without good people. Everywhere I'

Even though process is intended to mitigate the damage an individual can cause, in practice it's hard to have a good process without good people. Everywhere I've felt that a poor hire had serious negative effects on a company, those employees were also obstacles to bringing in a better process. I agree with you that the cost of a false negative must be considered. The kind of bad hire I'm thinking of here is a net negative producer that actively costs the company money (or even causes good employees to leave), even after they're gone (if you can manage to get rid of them).