Maria Angelidou
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Why not? It's brutal. In Europe, you have the probation thing, right? So this is a new thing I learned. Totally. But there's this thing that's called probation and that's where you decide.
Why not? It's brutal. In Europe, you have the probation thing, right? So this is a new thing I learned. Totally. But there's this thing that's called probation and that's where you decide.
Why not? It's brutal. In Europe, you have the probation thing, right? So this is a new thing I learned. Totally. But there's this thing that's called probation and that's where you decide.
No, it's at-will employment.
No, it's at-will employment.
No, it's at-will employment.
Yeah, I know that. But that's because when you pass probation... Long lead time to hire anyone is just so much harder in Europe.
Yeah, I know that. But that's because when you pass probation... Long lead time to hire anyone is just so much harder in Europe.
Yeah, I know that. But that's because when you pass probation... Long lead time to hire anyone is just so much harder in Europe.
Okay, you know, this is actually one of the things that I had to adjust is that, you know, for every 20, maybe 10, 20, if it's specialized role candidates that you get in the US that are solid, maybe you get one in Europe. And that actually really slows down your hiring. Unless you lower your hiring bar, which you're not going to do.
Okay, you know, this is actually one of the things that I had to adjust is that, you know, for every 20, maybe 10, 20, if it's specialized role candidates that you get in the US that are solid, maybe you get one in Europe. And that actually really slows down your hiring. Unless you lower your hiring bar, which you're not going to do.
Okay, you know, this is actually one of the things that I had to adjust is that, you know, for every 20, maybe 10, 20, if it's specialized role candidates that you get in the US that are solid, maybe you get one in Europe. And that actually really slows down your hiring. Unless you lower your hiring bar, which you're not going to do.
And so I think that's actually a competitive disadvantage for EU-based companies.
And so I think that's actually a competitive disadvantage for EU-based companies.
And so I think that's actually a competitive disadvantage for EU-based companies.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But that doesn't mean you can build an incredible company here. It just takes much more energy.
But that doesn't mean you can build an incredible company here. It just takes much more energy.