At least in California, you can be fired at any time for any reason.  You are essentially on contract whether you know it or not.  So whether it&#x27;s 3 month or 1 year, it really doesn&#x27;t matter.  What matters is if you want to have the job, and if you&#x27;re qualified for it.<p>I think it&#x27;s better if there&#x27;s a new hire that isn&#x27;t working out, to just give them some severance pay and fire them quickly.  Obviously you should be hiring with good intentions and believe that they will do well after due diligence, so 50&#x2F;50 isn&#x27;t a good probability to hire someone, it just causes a lot of disruption and lot of bad will.