Thank you for listing these out; I think it’s helpful to show that there are a range of work trial options with different levels of intensity and potential sacrifice on the part of the prospective employee.
I was thinking more in the category of #3. To be clear, I don’t think probationary employment is necessarily a bad thing. What I have seen though is a growing norm of work trials of one to three months. This seems to hit a particularly problematic middle ground of requiring a candidate to leave other employment and failing to guarantee medium-term job security. I think this is bad for a number of reasons, including making it less likely that employed people will apply for positions and consequently limiting the skilled applicant pool. It also creates a culture of precarity that I don’t think should be a requirement for someone securing their “dream job” in EA.
Thanks for clarifying, I agree category #3 is the most dicey of the three.
How do you see these trials as differing from standard probation? Is it that the chance of a no-hire at the end is higher? Or the length? Or something else?
Thank you for listing these out; I think it’s helpful to show that there are a range of work trial options with different levels of intensity and potential sacrifice on the part of the prospective employee.
I was thinking more in the category of #3. To be clear, I don’t think probationary employment is necessarily a bad thing. What I have seen though is a growing norm of work trials of one to three months. This seems to hit a particularly problematic middle ground of requiring a candidate to leave other employment and failing to guarantee medium-term job security. I think this is bad for a number of reasons, including making it less likely that employed people will apply for positions and consequently limiting the skilled applicant pool. It also creates a culture of precarity that I don’t think should be a requirement for someone securing their “dream job” in EA.
Thanks for clarifying, I agree category #3 is the most dicey of the three.
How do you see these trials as differing from standard probation? Is it that the chance of a no-hire at the end is higher? Or the length? Or something else?