Why is the hiring process such a big issue for people already working there? Do they feel it reflects badly on them? Or that the quality of new co-workers is bad? Or lack of new co-workers?
I think it's because it sets a poor first impression or creates inaccurate expectations. It may cause a feeling of letdown once you get in the door and see what you will actually be doing. Once, I had a position where the interview process had me thinking I was going to be doing much more exciting things than I actually did. The strange thing about it was that if I had realized that I was going to be doing that work beforehand I might have been okay with it. Instead the letdown tainted my experience there from day one and I never really got on track and left soon after. I wonder if that is what is going on here.
I think if you put 3 months or longer for job that you leave after 11 months, you can feel that your return on investment is not something you imagined. I would be disappointed if I would put lots of effort to get job that is not "dream job" I thought it will be. That is what people do I imagine, jump lots of hops to get there but then it is normal job you can get somewhere else without making all that effort.
Maybe they made a referral of a person they knew would be great, but they didn't make it through the interview process. After that happens once or twice, it could be somewhat demotivating.
