[AtheistOfFail]

First, it's depressing to introduce someone on Monday and get them out the door by Friday.

Second, people don't want to be known as "the lemon picker" within the company.

[szx]

Yes, I understand that but obviously there's a trade-off here, the point being that by avoiding firing people at all costs you're missing out on some great developers.

Like I said, it's a cultural/social issue disproportionally tilting the cost effectiveness scale.