[senko]

Hello from Europe. Tried that, didn't work.

It's incredibly hard to quantify "low-performing" for white-collar workers, because any measure is either easily gamed, actually creates roadblocks and bad incentives, or both.

Now companies are wary of hiring people because it's harder to fire.

[WalterBright]

> companies are wary of hiring people because it's harder to fire

This is another one of those obvious "unintended" consequences. The harder it is to fire someone, the correspondingly harder it will be to get hired. Companies will be unwilling to "take a chance" on someone.

[BehindBlueEyes]

That is why trial periods exist, with much more flexible firing/resigning terms.

[makeitdouble]

On the hiring side, I felt US and Asian companies were a lot more wary and had tougher "on the paper" requirements to enter.

For comparison most French companies I've seen can hire an engineer within 3 interviews. I entered a company in the past in a single interview.

In comparison talking with an US company's HR, the plan was 4 rounds with a coding test, for an average of about a month to go through the whole process and there's still a probation period.