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At least where I work, we are painfully aware of this tradeoff, but are willing to make the sacrifice because of the severe costs of making a bad hire. We are small, and cannot afford to lose 90 days.

Small or large, I think this is fair. But also fair is to take this into account when making claims about any alleged shortage of qualified workers.

Not that you or your company have necessarily made any such claims but plenty of companies that similarly follow a low false positive at the expense of false negatives approach have done so, including in sworn testimony before legislative bodies.

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