{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.3",
  "data": {
    "title": "Probation Used as Extended De-Facto Interview",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-040",
      "EVD-041"
    ],
    "content": "# Probation Used as Extended De-Facto Interview\n\nManagers lower late-stage interview thresholds, treating the statutory probation period as an extended live trial where underperformance results in immediate low-friction dismissal.\n\n### Structural Context\n- **Actor:** `hiring-manager`\n- **Nature:** `incentive`\n- **Removability:** `intermediary`\n\n### Non-Inferences\n- Does not establish that the employee committed gross misconduct.",
    "id": "M-028",
    "type": "mechanism",
    "summary": "Managers lower late-stage interview thresholds, treating the statutory probation period as an extended live trial where underperformance results in immediate low-friction dismissal.",
    "operates_at": [
      "B-016"
    ],
    "emissions": [
      {
        "artifact": "A-020",
        "fidelity": "direct",
        "likelihood": "medium",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-040",
          "EVD-041"
        ],
        "observed_at": [
          "post-offer"
        ]
      },
      {
        "artifact": "A-002",
        "fidelity": "euphemism",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [],
        "observed_at": [
          "post-offer"
        ]
      },
      {
        "artifact": "A-016",
        "fidelity": "noise",
        "likelihood": "medium",
        "evidence": [],
        "observed_at": [
          "post-offer"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "facets": {
      "actor": "hiring-manager",
      "nature": "incentive",
      "visibility": "inferable",
      "removability": "intermediary"
    },
    "amplifies": [],
    "masks": [],
    "evidence_level": "established",
    "honest_baseline": false,
    "specimens": [
      {
        "kind": "note",
        "label": "Probation exit note",
        "lines": [
          {
            "text": "Candidate onboarding evaluated over 60 days.",
            "tell": false
          },
          {
            "text": "Delivery pace did not ramp to senior independent output within month two.",
            "tell": true
          },
          {
            "text": "Notice issued under statutory probation clause (EVD-040).",
            "tell": false
          }
        ],
        "reading": "The interview process was truncated under the assumption that probation serves as the true filtering phase."
      }
    ],
    "perspectives": [
      {
        "actor": "hiring-manager",
        "sees": "Direct on-the-job output under real sprint pressure, treating probation as a higher-fidelity filter than multi-round panel interviews.",
        "reads": "Hiring fast and pruning early during probation reduces upfront interview coordination costs.",
        "does": "Replaces extensive technical testing with early probationary evaluation."
      },
      {
        "actor": "candidate",
        "sees": "A full employment offer that operates in practice as a temporary contract with heightened termination exposure.",
        "reads": "The real hiring threshold was shifted post-start without explicit pre-acceptance disclosure.",
        "does": "Delivers aggressively during initial months while maintaining external professional networks."
      },
      {
        "actor": "employer-policy",
        "sees": "Probation turnover rates and dismissal compliance documentation under labour statute constraints (EVD-040).",
        "reads": "High probation turnover increases team onboarding costs while preserving statutory compliance.",
        "does": "Monitors probation pass rates and reviews termination justifications."
      }
    ],
    "non_inferences": [
      "Does not establish that the employee committed gross misconduct."
    ]
  }
}