Villagers sometimes take a long time to claim workstations

If villagers are around multiple other villagers with jobs, it takes a long time for them to take a job.

It often takes several minutes until they accept the job, even if they are trapped directly in front of the job table.

 

It only takes around 6-8 other villagers with jobs in the vicinity for the issue to appear.

 

A similar issue seems to have been resolved previously (MC-175334), but the behaviour is definitely back in `1.17`.

There is also an additional report in  MC-222224, which was invalidly closed without proper analysis.