> Not sure how that would fly outside of the US. In France we have probationary periods but I have never heard of a company hiring multiple people for a full ti

> Not sure how that would fly outside of the US. In France we have probationary periods but I have never heard of a company hiring multiple people for a full time role (CDI) and then laying off the ones that aren’t the best fit after a couple of months. That sounds to me like a way to get in a bit of trouble - legally, socially, with unions - in the employment context here. No problem whatsoever in doing it in post-Communist EU countries. In fact it's the daily bread in low cost and outsourcing centers over there. It's a very fertile land for the most exploitive cost-cutting corporate practices.