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> the probation time period in which they could let go of someone with ease (usually under 60 days) Is this a thing? I would certainly judge a company doing th
by 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y ago
> the probation time period in which they could let go of someone with ease (usually under 60 days)
Is this a thing? I would certainly judge a company doing this, and likely leave a manager who hired someone with an expectation that the beginning is just a probationary period, if I’m understanding you correctly (I hope i’m not).
Leaving a safe job for a probationary period puts too much risk on the employee that the employer doesn’t really share.
- buro9 5y agoSome companies do "hire fast, fire fast"... so yes. But I choose not to work for those companies, instead I prefer a strongly opinionated hiring process that won't play with anyone's life like that. That said, treating probation as probation is definitely a thing. Especially in legal domains such as France and Germany. In the USA it's far less of a thing as employers can mostly let go of people at almost any time if they wish to and it's not a pattern of discrimination (though this is the fear of course, that a pattern could be formed).
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoI see. I could imagine accepting something like that if I got legal protections afterwards like some of those countries have.
- thrwyoilarticle 5y agoIME most UK jobs have probationary periods. There's also a statutory probationary period of 2 years where you can be fired for any[1] reason. [1] strictly not any reason, you can't be discriminated against, but enough reasons that they could invent one.