diff --git a/cmd/provider/main.go b/cmd/provider/main.go
index 18019c12..ab235cc7 100644
--- a/cmd/provider/main.go
+++ b/cmd/provider/main.go
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ func main() {
 		app                      = kingpin.New(filepath.Base(os.Args[0]), "Template support for Crossplane.").DefaultEnvars()
 		debug                    = app.Flag("debug", "Run with debug logging.").Short('d').Bool()
 		syncInterval             = app.Flag("sync", "Controller manager sync period such as 300ms, 1.5h, or 2h45m").Short('s').Default("1h").Duration()
-		pollInterval             = app.Flag("poll", "Poll interval controls how often an individual resource should be checked for drift.").Default("1m").Duration()
+		pollInterval             = app.Flag("poll", "Poll interval controls how often an individual resource should be checked for drift.").Default("10m").Duration()
 		pollJitterPercentage     = app.Flag("poll-jitter-percentage", "Percentage of jitter to apply to poll interval. It cannot be negative, and must be less than 100.").Default("10").Uint()
 		leaderElection           = app.Flag("leader-election", "Use leader election for the controller manager.").Short('l').Default("false").Envar("LEADER_ELECTION").Bool()
-		maxReconcileRate         = app.Flag("max-reconcile-rate", "The number of concurrent reconciliations that may be running at one time.").Default("10").Int()
+		maxReconcileRate         = app.Flag("max-reconcile-rate", "The number of concurrent reconciliations that may be running at one time.").Default("100").Int()
 		enableManagementPolicies = app.Flag("enable-management-policies", "Enable support for Management Policies.").Default("true").Envar("ENABLE_MANAGEMENT_POLICIES").Bool()
 		sanitizeSecrets          = app.Flag("sanitize-secrets", "when enabled, redacts Secret data from Object status").Default("false").Envar("SANITIZE_SECRETS").Bool()
 	)
diff --git a/internal/controller/object/object.go b/internal/controller/object/object.go
index a160872c..1347ac5b 100644
--- a/internal/controller/object/object.go
+++ b/internal/controller/object/object.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -113,7 +114,15 @@ func Setup(mgr ctrl.Manager, o controller.Options, sanitizeSecrets bool, pollJit
 		}),
 		managed.WithFinalizer(&objFinalizer{client: mgr.GetClient()}),
 		managed.WithPollInterval(o.PollInterval),
-		managed.WithPollJitterHook(pollJitter),
+		managed.WithPollIntervalHook(func(mg resource.Managed, pollInterval time.Duration) time.Duration {
+			if mg.GetCondition(xpv1.TypeReady).Status != v1.ConditionTrue {
+				// If the resource is not ready, we should poll more frequently not to delay time to readiness.
+				pollInterval = 30 * time.Second
+			}
+			// This is the same as runtime default poll interval with jitter, see:
+			// https://github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/blob/7fcb8c5cad6fc4abb6649813b92ab92e1832d368/pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler.go#L573
+			return pollInterval + time.Duration((rand.Float64()-0.5)*2*float64(pollJitter)) //nolint G404 // No need for secure randomness
+		}),
 		managed.WithLogger(o.Logger.WithValues("controller", name)),
 		managed.WithRecorder(event.NewAPIRecorder(mgr.GetEventRecorderFor(name))),
 		managed.WithConnectionPublishers(cps...),