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A comment on Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Broke IT Recruiting (2018). Parent comment

Re:Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Bro... by sanity on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @01:18PM (#39758049)
That's if your agreement with the contract company allows you to recruit their people.
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Re:Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Bro... by hinkley on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @01:33PM (#39758242)
I’ve had that happen a few times. Generally there may be a signing fee paid to the contractor.

Though in one case I got the job first and the contracting house second. BigCo had approved vendors but was having trouble finding people with the skill sets they needed.

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