AI at work · fictional workplace scenes
The fastest start date wins the role
An urgent vacancy can make availability stand in for suitability. In this fictional debrief, Otto moves the candidate who can start next week to the top of the list. Ollie sees that the role criteria have disappeared from the recommendation. The team has not separated temporary coverage needs from the work the permanent hire must handle.
Why it looked good
A fast start solves an immediate scheduling problem, so it starts to look like the entire hiring decision.
Q1 · What is this really for?
What lasting work must this hire perform, and which part of the immediate gap needs separate coverage?
Q2 · Who decides, and did they?
Who decides how availability affects the recommendation, and have they agreed on that tradeoff?
The next move
Ollie separates start dates from the evidence against role criteria and asks Casey to decide how the temporary gap should affect the recommendation.
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