The Grass Isn't Greener

At telecom company Qualcomm, HR directors, along with consultancy The Hay Group, surveyed voluntarily departing employees and found something interesting, HRE Online reports.

A full 68 percent who’d voluntarily left in the past two years would come back and work for the company if asked.

The Hay Group cross-referenced those who would come back with the former employees’ performance reviews and found that those who wanted to come back were “disproportionately” the high-performers.

In other(more pessimistic) words, the employees that thrived in Qualcomm’s culture were the ones who liked the culture best.

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