When I make a hiring decision, I am damned sure. The recommendation to hire is the point where I commit to doing my best to make things work out. I have screwe

When I make a hiring decision, I am damned sure. The recommendation to hire is the point where I commit to doing my best to make things work out. I have screwed up before. It sucks. It is painful and horrible to deal with someone who is not working out. But I haven't blown a "hire" vote in 18 years. Hundreds of interviewees, dozens of "hire" recommendations, zero bozos. It sounds to me like you are insecure in your hiring practices, to the point where you tell people "Quit your job, move your family, turn your life inside out, whatever; but you're on probation here and you're gone if you blink funny." Maybe it's just my past, where I was in this position (and it worked out really well, btw). But I wouldn't do that again, and I wouldn't do it /to/ anyone. Good luck. I hope it works out. But I cannot imagine a worse way to enter a job.