Netherlands you could have 3 month probation (I think??) or most companies may start employees on fixed-term employment contracts (6/8/12 months) before becoming permanent which is very common
(Netherlands had a rule where you could have 3 fixed term contracts, up to 24 months total, before becoming a permanent employee)
so they could've hired her on a 6 months contract and simply not renew it :)
yup. i was hired on a 1y contract, and because i did a good job, got a permanent one after 9 months (which is quite common where i work).
also, you can't be just fired for performance reasons right away -- you need to first do a documented improvement plan and you need to at least try to move the employee to a different part of the company.
if she was in the netherlands, she could easily sue CF for wrongful dismissal.
She says that she was doing a 3 month "ramp" - which I can assume is the induction period. She'd only got out of the ramp and started "proper" at the beginning of December, which is what (I think) you heard
