The Corporate (Meta)Human Resources Department Options

[bibliophile20]

I was putting together a group of NPCs based on Rifleman's "Welcome To The New Age: The Synthetic" and came up against a small realization that I wanted to run by the community.

The NPCs are "synthetics", wimp-womb grown clones raised to be the next batch of corporate peons (example background done to show my players here). Now I'm dusting that example background off and making an actual NPC runner group because someone decided to take them as a contact and I went "sure!"

And mid-way through the creation process, I realized that it's been said that the "Human Resources" department takes a very long view in Shadowrun. So, my logic train went, if they take the very long view, why would they make human clones, which are only good for 40-odd years of work unless they're willing to invest in revitalization and Leonization, when they could just as easily clone dwarves or elves, which are good for a century-plus of labor instead?

But at the same time, a counter-argument presented itself; these are clones, and most people aren't that comfortable around them. Would a Human Resources department actually be willing to risk creating a clone that could rise to a senior management position on accrued seniority? That could significantly hurt morale among natural-born if and when it happened, which is also Human Resource's purview.

Thoughts?