With most employees not staying at a job for more than two years, why wouldn’t you hire someone who can hit the ground running? If they spend six months doing negative work ramping up and leave in two years, your investment in them didn’t go far.

Yes, I know the answer is to keep them at market wages and don’t fall into the salary compression trap.

But often that isn’t under your control as a hiring manager. HR won’t give you a budget for raises. But will give you the budget to hire at market rates.