> Most people understand that "adding more people in their group" will lead to "less work per person" In my experience hiring new people doesn't mean less work

> Most people understand that "adding more people in their group" will lead to "less work per person" In my experience hiring new people doesn't mean less work per person, though it might allow for everybody to specialize a little bit more. At the end of the day companies hire more people so more overall work will be done, not so life is easier for existing employees. > letting the Boss choose is not in their interests But it hopefully is in the company's interests, which in a perfect world are aligned with yours. And if your interests are not aligned with the company, why should you get to help in hiring decisions? If you are a valuable employee, the boss will want to keep you happy and not hire anybody who would jeopardize that. The boss wants to hire talented people so the team accomplishes more. In some perverse scenarios, the boss will make bad decisions, but any random employee could make those bad decisions as well (and if your boss is making bad decisions, you should leave anyways). At least if the boss is making the decisions, you can spend your time coding instead of interviewing. But as stated, if interviewing is a skill that somebody values and appreciates, I think by all means they should find a way to get involved and help the company do it.