Have you ever failed a probation period?

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Just that really. I'm quite sure it's going to happen to me, and while I don't like the job much it will still be a bit embarrassing. Any tips on how to explain it to future employers?

Generally they just extend your probation for another 3 months. To be honest until you've been there 2 years on permanent contract you haven't any redundancy pay rights, so they can just get rid of you by giving your notice period. So it honestly doesn't really matter.

Just listen to what they say without digging a hole for yourself. , I've been in one before and I thought I'd been rubbish and they gave me a promotion.

You can ask for additional support / training etc and look keen.

I did, but I hated the company and left just before Christmas with a training post arranged for mid Feb with another employer (13 years later still with the other employer). Start looking for jobs and registering with temp agencies now, and you can tell them truthfully that you and the company weren't a good fit for one another.

Or you could speak to your line manager, discuss your concerns and ask for an extension of probation? Get in there early. Why do you think you'll fail?

Oh best of luck - don’t talk them into it though! Sometimes we think we are struggling but actually my doing well enough.

In terms of future employers I think it depends - if they insist on a reference you will have to be explicit but explain how you hope to address any issues / or why it is unlikely to happen in the new role. Resilience is a good quality!

I am really curious about pps talking extensions - is this standard practice where you work? - I tried this with a staff member who had potential but was taking a while to learn. HR wouldn’t let me extend because that wasn’t an option in the contract. I basically had to yay or nay. Incidentally I said yes and it was the wrong decision :(

A probation extension tends to be a clear signal to an employee that they aren't meeting expectation, but that the employer has reason to believe that addressing xyz deficiencies may be sufficient for their employment to be confirmed.

ime the employee can equally use the opportunity to highlight any barriers they have been facing that are hampering their performance especially if the line manager hasn't given them support, has been largely remote or absent from the employee during their early months in role and hasn't picked up on aspects they have had difficulty with. Nipping things in the bud invariably sorts the matter out within probation, meaning that an extension isn't necessary.

OP if you have been in role for 3 months, you could just scrub it from your CV if you feel it could put you in an awkward situation for future interviews. A mutual parting of the ways early, is often better than gritting your teeth to the bitter end after 9 months or a year. You can kick it into the long grass and say you took time off for family reasons, keep it bland. Onwards and upwards eh?

Mmm daisychain that sounds really useful. In my example hr simply wouldn’t allow it, they were super cautious on some things (like this and on not renewing contracts of poor performers) but dire and the opposite of cautious on.restructures. Peculiar really

Didn't fail a probation period but I walked out of an awful job after 4 or 5 months.
I just left it off my CV, didn't include it on my LinkedIn profile and never referred to it.
If anyone asked I just said I was having a break or taking my time to find the right position.