From January 2027, new hires can claim unfair dismissal after six months, and compensation is uncapped. Probation is no longer a safety net. Pilot to Perm™ is a 10-week mission to prove the hire before you commit.
We agree what success looks like, stay close with check-ins at weeks 3, 6 and 9, and you convert when performance and fit are proven. One weekly rate. No transfer fee. That’s why 85% convert.
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Most hiring decisions look right on paper. Strong CV. Good interviews. All the right answers.
But you only really know when they’re in the role:
By then, you’ve already committed.
Pilot to Perm™ turns that round. Ten weeks in your business with us alongside, so the permanent decision is based on what actually happened.
Simple. Real. Grounded.
Before anyone starts, we agree with your hiring manager what success looks like by week 9. Not just the job spec.
We find someone who fits the role and your team, and place them on a 10 week pilot. They’re employed on our PAYE Payroll, so contracts, tax and compliance are ours.
At weeks 3, 6 ad 9 your hire gets a one-to-one and your manager gets a review. Two honest conversations, kept separate. We’re the bridge between them.
At week 9 you decide on evidence. They join your payroll at week 10 with a development plan for their first 90 days. Conversion is included in the weekly rate.
Who Pilot to Perm™ is built for
Pilot to Perm™ works best for salaried, business-critical roles where performance shows up within ten weeks.
For roles such as customer success and customer experience, operations, finance, HR, sales development and team leadership.
We work with scale-ups entering the UK, SMEs, PE-backed businesses building out a function, and established organisations.
If a role is better suited to temp, interim or search, we’ll tell you. If it’s right for a pilot, you’ll know by week 9, not month six.
We partnered with Yellow Bricks as we expanded into the UK and needed to hire SDRs quickly, despite not yet having a legal entity in place.
Their Pilot-to-Perm model allowed us to onboard talent immediately through their payroll, giving us the flexibility to start building our team and offering across Europe without delay. Each hire integrated quickly and began contributing from day one, supporting early pipeline growth.
All hires transitioned to permanent employees within six weeks, enabling us to establish our UK presence at pace and build a strong commercial foundation from the outset.
We partnered with Yellow Bricks to strengthen our Customer Success function and improve client engagement across our accounts.
They quickly deployed a team of high-calibre specialists through a Pilot-to-Perm model, allowing us to assess impact in real time. Within weeks, they were optimising account data, working closely with customers, and turning at-risk accounts into stable, high-performing relationships.
The results spoke for themselves and the team became award winning, every consultant transitioned into a permanent role within ten weeks. It was a seamless, low-risk way to build a high-impact team.
We partnered with Yellow Bricks to build out our Technical Customer Service team with individuals who could confidently support both engineers and commercial clients.
They delivered candidates through a Pilot-to-Perm model, giving us the flexibility to assess performance before making long-term decisions. Each hire quickly embedded into the team, handling complex queries and improving customer response.
Twelve hires were made, all of whom transitioned into ftc or permanent roles within 8 weeks, providing a flexible, low-risk way to scale our support function without compromising on quality.
It’s temp to perm, done properly. Your new hire works in the real role for 10 weeks, employed on our payroll, with structured milestone reviews. You make the permanent decision on real performance, not interview potential.
Temp to perm usually hands someone over and sends an invoice if you keep them. Pilot to Perm™ is a structured 10-week mission: success measures agreed up front, one-to-ones and manager reviews at weeks 3, 6 and 9, and conversion included in one weekly rate. No transfer fee.
10 weeks. Reviews at weeks 3, 6 and 9, with the permanent decision at week 9, so your hire can start on your contract at week 10.
Salaried, business-critical roles where performance can be measured within ten weeks, such as customer success, operations, finance, HR, sales development and team leadership. We don’t pilot shift-based volume roles, FCA-approved senior roles or safety-critical positions. For those, we’ll suggest the right route instead.
Around 85% convert to permanent. Because the role is tested in a real working environment, both sides make an informed decision. That cuts mis-hires and early attrition.
When the role is business-critical, there’s been a recent mis-hire, the team is scaling, or confidence in hiring is low. It gives you clarity where traditional hiring falls short.
Yes, that’s the point. After the week 9 decision, they move onto your payroll at week 10, with a development plan for their first 90 days.
Yes. We employ as Employer of Record, handling employment, payroll and compliance, so you can hire and build quickly without an entity.
During the pilot, individuals are employed and paid via Yellow Bricks PAYE. We carry contracts, tax, NI and compliance: outside IR35, no Ltd, no umbrella. They work day to day in your business, so you assess real fit without taking on the employment yet.
You pay one weekly rate for the 10 weeks. It covers pay, employment costs and the programme. Conversion is included, so there’s no transfer fee and no surprise invoice at the end. We’ll give you a clear quote once we understand the role.
No. Probation still relies on a decision made from interview evidence, and from January 2027 new employees can claim unfair dismissal after six months. Pilot to Perm™ proves the role in practice before the permanent offer, so probation carries on the work rather than taking a gamble.
We’re a Thames Valley team working across Reading, Slough, Bracknell, Maidenhead and Windsor, and we support clients in London and across the UK.
