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Why would anyone with an existing job ever take another job with a "trial period"? You are basically excluding your most desirable hires with this system.
by zeroonetwothree 8y ago
Why would anyone with an existing job ever take another job with a "trial period"? You are basically excluding your most desirable hires with this system.
- jahaja 8y agoSo the idea is that a current job makes one more desirable, but we'll then discard that fact and still put you through an elaborate audition? Anyway, almost all jobs where I live comes with a trial period of max 6 months, albeit negotiable. So it seems to work.
- lucb1e 8y agoIf I were looking to leave my job, I'd not sign with another employer if I wasn't quite sure I'd want to stay with them, trial period or not. Is it different outside of western Europe in terms of trial periods? We (afaik) always have a trial period: in the Netherlands it's typically 1-2 months, in Germany it's typically 3-6 months; either way, there is always a period where both parties can fire the other with zero to two weeks notice. It is not the norm to be fired in that time, but it happens (from my limited anecdotal evidence, I'd estimate one in 10-30 hires, and most of the time both parties agree it's not a good fit).