” What really sets the Danish labour market apart from the rest of the Nordics, is how much easier it is to let employee's go when there's good reason or fire them when necessary.”
Thanks for sharing this, I had no idea. In Finland it’s pretty much impossible to fire someone unless they spend 100% of their time trying to destroy the company they work for.
Finnish jobs typically have a trial period like six months. It's easy to not continue from that to permanent employment / I've heard that happen in IT business. People are also regularly fired for basically company financial reasons. So I would not say parent poster is strictly correct.
If it's like in Germany, you can reduce your staff for economic reasons - however there are rules to follow: if the choice is between a junior dev you hired last year or another who has been with the company for 10 years, you'll have to let the junior dev go first...
3-6 month trial/probation is fairly common. While it does help both sides familiarise with each other, it can't prevent a conflict in the future.
I've dealt with long time (15 years) employees suddenly or gradually going completely nuts - refusing to perform any meaningful task, accusing others of abuse and just playing dirty for months, sometimes years.
It's no fun, I tell you what!
6 months trials are useful but to a point
Denmark is 3 months probation, where you can fire with 1 day notice. You can fire people for underperforming, but you have to warn them first, and tell them what they need to change.
Letting people go after a probation review is probably more likely to result in changing the hiring process, rather than treating it as some kind of initial warranty period.
You don't want to invest in hiring and onboarding someone if you're outright saying they might not make it beyond 3/6 months.
Thanks for sharing this, I had no idea. In Finland it’s pretty much impossible to fire someone unless they spend 100% of their time trying to destroy the company they work for.