Personally no, because that's what the 6 month trial period is for in Germany. On the other hand, I rejected offers which required this, and I know quite a few stories from friends where it was required too. In the end it depends on how bad you want/need the job.
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Re: Ask HN: Would You Accept a Trial/Exploratory Week Before Joining a Company?
#12How are people supposed to do this unless they are unemployed? Don't probation periods already exist?
Perhaps take some time off from current job?
PTO is scarce enough for most people to make that a fairly unattractive offering. Not even getting into things like that many are required to report paid work for others to their employers etc.
Re: Ask HN: Would You Accept a Trial/Exploratory Week Before Joining a Company?
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Targeting users to answer the survey pollutes it's results.
Removing my comment, just curious how does it pollute the results? it’s my first time launching a survey :)
It looks like: "I like that answer, please bias my survey findings!" Might have been n=1 and you might have asked the same of someone who answered different. Ideally you get random sampling to respond.
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#14Yes, if it comes with a signing bonus equivalent to 6 months' pay, wired to my bank account before the first day of the 1-week trial. The 1-week trial itself also has to be paid.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Removing my comment, just curious how does it pollute the results? it’s my first time launching a survey :)
It looks like: "I like that answer, please bias my survey findings!" Might have been n=1 and you might have asked the same of someone who answered different. Ideally you get random sampling to respond.
thank you!
Re: Ask HN: Would You Accept a Trial/Exploratory Week Before Joining a Company?
#16Absolutely not worth the time.
Re: Ask HN: Would You Accept a Trial/Exploratory Week Before Joining a Company?
#17How are people supposed to do this unless they are unemployed? Don't probation periods already exist?
Perhaps take some time off from current job?
There could be complications if the applicant is already working for a competitor or in an adjacent sector.
It would effectively create a filter against ideal candidates.
Re: Ask HN: Would You Accept a Trial/Exploratory Week Before Joining a Company?
#18Am I getting this wrong, or did everyone else in thread got it wrong? Is the question more from candidate point of view, whether to join a company if you enjoy working for the trial period?
If my assumption is correct, the candidate will fall in this situation if they didn't already clear up the expectations, roles and responsibility before/during the interview. A friend of mine recently found himself in a situation where they decided to quit after working for less than 2 weeks at an early stage startup. He ended up quitting by the end of the month.
I believe it's a shared responsibility to clear up such things before making an offer (from company's POV) or accepting an offer (from candidate's POV). This situation doesn't help either party.
Re: Ask HN: Would You Accept a Trial/Exploratory Week Before Joining a Company?
#19This feels like something that is only remotely feasible for contractors or recent grads living with their parents. The interview process is enough of a logistical PITA for most of us. Extending it to a week is comically stupid. Besides, we already have one week trial periods in the USA. It's called at will employment. It would be nice to say take a month and try out 4 companies before making a move, but I can't see how that would ever work for your average senior dev with a job, kids, and a mortgage payment.
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#20Of course not. Where would I get the week? I'd have to burn vacation time. I'm not going to come join your company unless I really want to work with you.