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Main issue is not for the company, but the candidate. If he is a senior developer currently working elsewhere and you are trying to convince him to join, a 3 mo
by ridruejo 7y ago
Main issue is not for the company, but the candidate. If he is a senior developer currently working elsewhere and you are trying to convince him to join, a 3 month temporary offer is a hard sell.
- soperj 7y agoYeah, not a chance I'd leave my current job for that kind of instability.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoYou know that all jobs have a probation period even more so in the UK.
- soperj 7y agoThen why bother with the song and dance?
- lostcolony 7y agoPretty sure no one would. You'll only manage to get unemployed people. Who will bail if they get a full time offer during that three months.
- nicoburns 7y agoI would. Why? Because I'm confident that they won't want to get rid of me at the end of that 3 month period. Hiring is expensive, and unless I mess up badly, there's no incentive for them to fire me. If they wanted someone temporary, why would they not just advertise for a contractor?
- pbadg3r 7y agoI wonder how much you'd have to pay someone in severance to make it worth it. If there's typically a 20% yearly salary piece for a recruiter, paying 10% direct to the employee in severance if their 3 months doesn't work out might make it work for a subset of people.
- z3t4 7y agoCould ask for a three month leave from current job. To travel the world or what not.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoDoesn't mean you can go and work for potentially a competitor
- AstralStorm 7y agoEven in EU it's a tough sell. Your current employer has to agree to it. Why should they, since you're leaving? It only complicates counting employees.
- z3t4 7y agoBetter to have an employee that knows the grass is not greener on the other side, thus he/she has been there. A good employer will let you take a leave, its even a right in some EU states.
- JimDabell 7y agoA probation period of three months is pretty common here in the UK, even for senior people. I've got 20 years experience and just checked my current employment contract, and I had one. Nobody seems bothered by it. Remember that if the company wants you gone, you're gone regardless of any probation period. The probation period only determines how many steps they have to go through to do it and how much notice you are given.
- cisomag 7y agoYes. Quiet difficult to accept this offer as nobody will get agree to this short term offer.