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Meaning: (idiomatic)A situation in whichemployeeturnoverin an organization isinordinatelyhigh.2005, Thomas William Carlisle,Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Psychological, Health, Social, and Behavioral Indicators of Stress Reduction and Human Resource Development in the Indian Workplace, UMI Microform 3158900, p. 279:[S]exual harassment, stereotyping, racism, ageism, and sexual preference discrimination . . . have led to situations such as glass ceilings, earnings gaps, and therevolving door syndromes.2009February 21, “Lab in breast cancer scare was beset with problems”, inToronto Star, Canada, retrieved1 December 2015:"Unless this‘revolving-door’ syndromeis dealt with, it will only lead to deterioration of the quality of staff, as you will continue to lose your best people," Banerjee wrote.2013October 21, Jennifer Rooney, “The Rise Of The In-House Agency”, inForbes, retrieved1 December 2015:"At agencies, you have therevolving-door syndrome. We have a lot more stability here. . . . [W]e are able to attract and retain solid talent because Fidelity has a lot to offer in terms of benefits, stability."; (idiomatic)A situation in which a person or group repeats acycleof behaviors or experiences, usually withunsuccessfulorundesirableresults.1999July 9,E. Fuller Torrey, Mary T. Zdanowicz, “Deinstitutionalization Hasn't Worked”, inWashington Post, retrieved1 December 2015:While many states have some form of assisted treatment on the books, the challenge remains in getting them to utilize what is at their disposal rather than tolerating therevolving-door syndromeof hospital admissions, readmissions, abandonment to the streets and incarceration that engulfs those not receiving treatment.2005Sep. 28,Patrick Manning,Parliamentary Hansard of Trinidad and Tobago,p. 34 (Google preview):Prison reform and the rehabilitation of prisoners need to be part of the fight against crime, since it is critical thatrevolving door syndromesof criminality be arrested.2007August 8, Betsy Powell, “BLT taking bite out of crime”, inToronto Star, Canada, retrieved1 December 2015:Homan said therevolving-door syndromeis particularly frustrating and she and others have been pushing for the repeat offenders to be prohibited from returning.; (idiomatic,oftengovernment)A situation in which a person changesemployers, perhaps more than once, switching between (a) employment with thegovernmentor with an organization havingoversightauthorityand (b) employment with an organization regulated by or overseen by the other employer.2008, R. Uprichard, "The Bureaucracies," Lurgan College (Northern Ireland):Concerns exist on both sides of the Atlantic regarding the effectiveness of government watchdogs and the growing influence of special interest groups within the bureaucracy. ‘Iron triangles’ and ‘revolving door syndromes’ which began as Washington concerns are showing their face in the UK too.2009August 28, Cyrus Sanati, “Inspector Faults S.E.C. on Oversight of Rating Agencies”, inNew York Times, retrieved1 December 2015:The report . . . called for a review of the effect of what it called arevolving door syndrome, in which analysts leave to work for an issuer whose debt they were rating.2010February 5, Chandrashekhar Krishnan, “Abusing power for private gain”, inGuardian, UK, retrieved1 December 2015:That leads us to question whether other practices in parliament and politics may be vulnerable to corruption: conflicts of interest, the role of lobbying, political party funding and the"revolving door" syndromein which parliamentarians take jobs in areas where their knowledge of some government departments gives them an undue advantage.
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