- What reaches them
- Direct on-the-job output under real sprint pressure, treating probation as a higher-fidelity filter than multi-round panel interviews.
- What it means from there
- Hiring fast and pruning early during probation reduces upfront interview coordination costs.
- What happens next
- Replaces extensive technical testing with early probationary evaluation.
Probation Used as Extended De-Facto Interview
Managers lower late-stage interview thresholds, treating the statutory probation period as an extended live trial where underperformance results in immediate low-friction dismissal.
Mechanism M-028 Intermediary dependent Actor: hiring managerNature: incentiveVisibility: inferableAgency zone: intermediaryEvidence: established
On the canonical path
Checks that are proportionate and answerable — Only the checks the role actually requires. Where a third-party record disagrees with what the candidate said, the discrepancy is put to the candidate before it decides anything.
This entry is one of the ways that commitment stops being kept.
What it looks like
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Candidate onboarding evaluated over 60 days.
Delivery pace did not ramp to senior independent output within month two.
Notice issued under statutory probation clause (EVD-040).
What to notice: The interview process was truncated under the assumption that probation serves as the true filtering phase.
Barriers where this mechanism operates
Observations this mechanism emits
- A-020 Offer accepted followed by delayed start date or post-signing revocation Fidelity: direct Read by the candidate at: Post-offer
- A-002 Generic "closer alignment" rejection template Fidelity: euphemism Read by the candidate at: Post-offer
- A-016 Rejection naming an internal hire as the outcome Fidelity: noise Read by the candidate at: Post-offer
What this does NOT establish
- Does not establish that the employee committed gross misconduct.
Interventions targeting this mechanism
From each side
The same entry from inside each position that meets it: what reaches them, what it means from there, and what happens next given what they control.
- What reaches them
- A full employment offer that operates in practice as a temporary contract with heightened termination exposure.
- What it means from there
- The real hiring threshold was shifted post-start without explicit pre-acceptance disclosure.
- What happens next
- Delivers aggressively during initial months while maintaining external professional networks.
- What reaches them
- Probation turnover rates and dismissal compliance documentation under labour statute constraints (EVD-040).
- What it means from there
- High probation turnover increases team onboarding costs while preserving statutory compliance.
- What happens next
- Monitors probation pass rates and reviews termination justifications.
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