It's also minor compared to the amount of money that companies pay recruiters. I...

mnutt on Nov 17, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Zappos offers new employees $3000 to quit after a ...

It's also minor compared to the amount of money that companies pay recruiters. If they're paying $15k to place a really good engineer, they can afford to build an extra $3k into the cost of hiring to weed out the few who aren't happy there.