{
  "registry_version": "1.0.0",
  "data": {
    "title": "Probation Used as Extended De-Facto Interview",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "evidence.probation_period_limits_and_dismissal_standards_ukraine_labour_code_art_26_28",
      "evidence.statutory_notice_and_contractual_probation_parameters_uk_employment_rights_act_1996"
    ],
    "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.",
    "aliases": [
      "M-028"
    ],
    "id": "mech.probation_used_as_extended_de_facto_interview",
    "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": [
      "bar.probation_period_post_start_confirmation"
    ],
    "emissions": [
      {
        "artifact": "obs.offer_accepted_followed_by_delayed_start_date_or_post_signing_revocation",
        "fidelity": "direct",
        "likelihood": "medium",
        "evidence": [
          "evidence.probation_period_limits_and_dismissal_standards_ukraine_labour_code_art_26_28",
          "evidence.statutory_notice_and_contractual_probation_parameters_uk_employment_rights_act_1996"
        ],
        "observed_at": [
          "post-offer"
        ]
      },
      {
        "artifact": "obs.generic_closer_alignment_rejection_template",
        "fidelity": "euphemism",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [],
        "observed_at": [
          "post-offer"
        ]
      },
      {
        "artifact": "obs.rejection_naming_an_internal_hire_as_the_outcome",
        "fidelity": "noise",
        "likelihood": "medium",
        "evidence": [],
        "observed_at": [
          "post-offer"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "facets": {
      "actor": "hiring-manager",
      "nature": "incentive",
      "visibility": "inferable",
      "removability": "intermediary"
    },
    "amplifies": [],
    "masks": [],
    "evidence_level": "proven",
    "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 the statutory probation clause of the Ukrainian Labour Code.",
            "tell": false
          }
        ],
        "reading": "The interview process was truncated under the assumption that probation serves as the true filtering phase."
      }
    ],
    "perspectives": [
      {
        "actor": "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": "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": "actor.employer_policy",
        "sees": "Probation turnover rates and dismissal compliance documentation under the Ukrainian Labour Code's constraints.",
        "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."
    ],
    "agency_zones": {
      "hiring-manager": "medium",
      "candidate": "low",
      "employer-policy": "high"
    }
  }
}