I’m speaking about if someone already has a TS/SCI. But the company requires TS/SCI + Poly, why wouldn’t they just sponsor for the poly portion?
I know that jobs that require clearances often don’t sponsor because they don’t want to go 1-2 years without being able to bill the government for that position. But I know a company that has noting but TS/SCI+FSP positions and they won’t put you in for a poly even if you already have a TS SCI.
Fear and impatience. These government contracting companies are scared that if they sponsor a poly, or a full clearance, that the candidate may not get through or the candidate will drop out before the long process finishes, meaning the company wasted their effort. These companies are also impatient and want someone’s butt in a seat like yesterday, not realizing that the time they take to find their dream cleared-candidate they could have also sponsored someone else.
One day we will reach the point where all of the cleared candidates are unavailable (retired, happy in their jobs, etc.) and companies will have no choice but to sponsor others for new clearances and/or upgrades.