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Doesn't a prohibition period on hiring only work if you're hiring children?

I can't imagine leaving an existing job only to be not guaranteed a place at a new job if "they don't like me" in the first few weeks. That's what the interview process was supposed to suss out. Does immediate termination come with a three month severance package?

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> Doesn't a prohibition period on hiring only work if you're hiring children? ... Does immediate termination come with a three month severance package?

My thoughts exactly. You're asking someone to take a big risk with your company by bringing them on on probation. They may be leaving a well-paying, stable job to do it.

You have to do something to temper that risk, ideally with a very large severance or something like it.

We're upfront about the probationary period with all candidates, they start knowing they'll receive a lot of feedback in the first few weeks, they'll get an opportunity to see if it's a fit from their side and also from the team's side.

Perhaps you're firing so many people up front because your policies only attract weird people willing to put up with them?

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