This sounds like a variation of the Dead Sea Effect - when things get bad, the staff with the best job prospects are the first to leave (http://brucefwebster.co

This sounds like a variation of the Dead Sea Effect - when things get bad, the staff with the best job prospects are the first to leave (http://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/11/the-wetware-crisis-the-dead-sea-effect/ http://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/11/the-wetware-crisis-the-d...).