The only way Microsoft has managed to hire so many people has been by lowering their hiring standards significantly.

微软已经故用了那么多的人降低了他们的招聘标准。

San Diego's municipal code, for instance, requires property owners to maintain landscape and vegetation standards—or face a penalty equivalent to the cost of hiring a private contractor to do so.

例如，圣地亚哥的市政法规要求业主保持景观和植被的标准，否则将面临与雇佣私人承包商来这样做成本相当的罚款。

San Diego's municipal code, for instance, requires property owners to maintain landscape and vegetation standards—or face a penalty equivalent to the cost of hiring a private contractor to do so.

例如，圣地亚哥的市政法规要求业主保持景观和植被的标准，否则将面临相当于雇佣私人承包商的罚款。

More than likely, the external supplier is using standards that may or may not be part of the hiring company's current business processes.

很可能的情况，外部的提供商正在使用的标准可能是或不是雇佣公司当前商业过程的一部分。