[willcipriano]

I was on a team that had lost a lot of it's members. We worked hard to keep up and were on track to meet deadlines. Some time went by, we were working nights and weekends and every time we asked we were assured that they were hiring but "couldn't find the right person". At the same time, every week we would hear about a new hire in management. They were magically able to find some new hires as soon as deadlines started to slip, had we not worked those nights and weekends I am certain that they would've found someone to hire much earlier (the first guy they did hire said the process took three months, they were clearly dragging their feet). Too bad I learned that lesson after already spending the day of my daughters birth in long meetings about testing environments.

Why would they pay for something they can get for free?