"We interview people who fit the basic criteria, and for less than one hour (sometimes 15 minutes!). If the person seems capable and there aren’t major red flags, we hire them (we use an extremely coarse grained filter). If we have five applicants, sometimes we’ll hire all five. They’re then on a 90 day probationary period to see if they work out…”
Not sure how that would fly outside of the US. In France we have probationary periods but I have never heard of a company hiring multiple people for a full time role (CDI) and then laying off the ones that aren’t the best fit after a couple of months. That sounds to me like a way to get in a bit of trouble - legally, socially, with unions - in the employment context here.
Would be interested in learning whether there’s a French company that does anything like this - maybe a half dozen CDD’s with the express commitment to hire one of the six on a CDI after three months? But who is leaving a CDI on that sort of bet?
Not sure how that would fly outside of the US. In France we have probationary periods but I have never heard of a company hiring multiple people for a full time role (CDI) and then laying off the ones that aren’t the best fit after a couple of months. That sounds to me like a way to get in a bit of trouble - legally, socially, with unions - in the employment context here.
Would be interested in learning whether there’s a French company that does anything like this - maybe a half dozen CDD’s with the express commitment to hire one of the six on a CDI after three months? But who is leaving a CDI on that sort of bet?