In this case, I just don't understand why they'd not take the person when I suggested them (I think they had reason to respect and trust my opinion; I had been working for them for a while, giving good advice. In fact, all this was in preparation for me leaving; after I had been at the new job for a year or so they spent considerable effort and money getting me to come back.)
I was trying to get them to hire someone who worked for me for some time (which is to say someone who's work habits and skills I knew well) to fill the position I was leaving vacant.
The agency in question had a long history of sending us people for mid to senior sysadmin positions who I wouldn't hire for $15/hr.
So yeah, I am missing something about how the industry works, and middle management covering it's ass fits the symptoms perfectly.
Obviously there could be something else going on that I don't understand.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1761329
In this case, I just don't understand why they'd not take the person when I suggested them (I think they had reason to respect and trust my opinion; I had been working for them for a while, giving good advice. In fact, all this was in preparation for me leaving; after I had been at the new job for a year or so they spent considerable effort and money getting me to come back.)
I was trying to get them to hire someone who worked for me for some time (which is to say someone who's work habits and skills I knew well) to fill the position I was leaving vacant.
The agency in question had a long history of sending us people for mid to senior sysadmin positions who I wouldn't hire for $15/hr.
So yeah, I am missing something about how the industry works, and middle management covering it's ass fits the symptoms perfectly.
Obviously there could be something else going on that I don't understand.