Define: "Boomerang Employee" in Business
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"Never burn a bridge when you resign. The fastest way to get a promotion here is to leave and immediately come back."
A worker who leaves an organization only to be rehired by the same company at a later date.
What does "Boomerang Employee" actually mean?
"An engineer who quits a toxic environment, realizes the new company is just as broken, and returns six months later with a 20% pay bump."
"We welcome our boomerang employees who return with fresh industry perspectives."
"Dave is a classic boomerang employee; he left for a startup, hated the culture, and came back to his exact same desk as a Senior Architect."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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