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3-6 month trial/probation is fairly common. While it does help both sides familiarise with each other, it can't prevent a conflict in the future.

I've dealt with long time (15 years) employees suddenly or gradually going completely nuts - refusing to perform any meaningful task, accusing others of abuse and just playing dirty for months, sometimes years.

It's no fun, I tell you what! 6 months trials are useful but to a point

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Denmark is 3 months probation, where you can fire with 1 day notice. You can fire people for underperforming, but you have to warn them first, and tell them what they need to change.

Letting people go after a probation review is probably more likely to result in changing the hiring process, rather than treating it as some kind of initial warranty period.

You don't want to invest in hiring and onboarding someone if you're outright saying they might not make it beyond 3/6 months.

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