Engage and Dismiss with Diligence

Colleagues, we need to be clear and consistent with how we interpret and apply the terms that we use in our policies.

Today I specifically want to focus on the terms we use with regards to the engagement and termination of employees on the team.

Let’s start off with betboo probation period and what that means to the employee. When we induct a new member, we sugar coat probation and say ‘during this time we will just be making sure you are settling in ok and at the end of the 3 months we will make a consideration betboo giriş about your salary’. Which many employees understand to mean, this time is just for me to become familiar with the environment and at the end of probation, I will get an increase in pay. Point one. You have raised expectations regarding increased salary in 3 months, which if not honoured, sullies trust and compromises the psychological contract between you and the employee. Point two. You have not emphasised performance expectations and will struggle to raise concerns about non-performance when you have not created a baseline. Point Three. You have not empowered the employee with the knowledge that probation is the only time in the employment contract when you can just be terminated without disciplinary process. Yes. All that is said is that, probation has not been successful, thank you for your interest, all the best with your future endeavours. That is unethical conduct on your part as the employer.

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