It&#x27;s common in the US, sure, but it rarely works.  It&#x27;s not that we don&#x27;t all know a few people we&#x27;d be glad to work with again, it&#x27;s that they&#x27;re mostly happy and well-compensated where they are.  Offering me an extra few grand isn&#x27;t going to change that, and it isn&#x27;t nearly enough to make splitting it with the candidate a game-changer either.  Occasionally someone you want will be available during a bust (which often means during a hiring freeze, too) or under some unusual personal circumstances, but it doesn&#x27;t happen often enough to make up for attrition much less grow a team.