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@the_lotus Interesting you say that. My bosses are former hospital administrators. Do you think this policy is a carry-over from their hospital days?

@JoeStrazzere thank you for the suggestion. Luckily, there have been many good answers provided before the question could get closed. I am happy with the outcome and I feel very well informed now with all these perspectives shared. :)

Hi Joe. To me, these are two very different questions and I want separate answers.

Yes, single new engineer for now but I intentionally asked the question more broadly to get a more universal answer.

My bosses are basing their expectation on a deadline that they really want met. The reason for the discrepancy is my new engineer has a learning curve to overcome and is making understandably slow progress for now. It is only his second week.