People aren&#x27;t really hiring. They&#x27;re going through Kabuki theater of the process. It might be as simple as this reinforces the ego of the hiring team.<p>in a company there might be two narratives  - we&#x27;re all WORKING SO HARD ( you&#x27;re probably not, really ) and WE CAN&#x27;T FIND ANY HELP ( because we&#x27;re too special.)<p>This being said, I make a good living cleaning up after mishires&#x2F;onboarding failures.<p>They economy is divided into Big Player high profile firms and firms milking some old cash cow into a middling slow Schumpeterian&#x2F;thermodynamic death.