I have received an offer with a 6 month probationary period, during which time I can be terminated with 1 weeks’ notice. Are these normal terms? I just want to be sure and have very little familiarity/context.

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6 months probation is rather long; however the more important point where is what type of firm you are looking and whether they have a history of firing people - strategy consulting is usually ok for these things.

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I'd expect start-ups, scale-ups and Big Tech to be more aggressive. But in my 10 YOE in consulting in the UK, the 6-month probationary period has been pretty standard.

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6 month probation is LONG. But 1 week termination is ridiculous. I would definitely ask them if that’s the norm and why

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D2 That's not been my experience, except with D which has longer-than-average notice periods.

6 month probation is normal and if it’s one of the T2s I wouldn’t worry, usually everyone gets through probation

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I am at another t2 and I am very surprised that c at lek handles team already and there is no up or out😂 must be stressful

Efficio?

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Nope, one of the T2 firms.

I think this is ACN??? A friend of mine also got the same in her contract!

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Yep, it's the same at Accenture.

This is the norm for Deloitte grads, ACN A-Ms and for Moorhouse so I wouldn't be alarmed. Definitely clarify though

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That is really short. It is usually 4 weeks during the probationary period in the UK.

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D1 I'm at UK employer no. 3 (one of them being D, whose longer notice period was the exception.) Also had offers from 3 other UK consultancies along the years. I'm not too far off, you see, and this has been my experience.

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