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{{d|{{PAGENAME}}|ˈlætərəl ˈkwɪtə|n|}}One who voluntarily leaves your organisation to work somewhere else. A greatly ''unexamined'' constituency. | {{d|{{PAGENAME}}|ˈlætərəl ˈkwɪtə|n|}}One who voluntarily leaves your organisation to work somewhere else. A greatly ''unexamined'' constituency. | ||
=== Lateral quitters are ''good'' staff, [[Q.E.D.|QED]] === | |||
General ''[[a priori]]'' proposition: Lateral quitters are ''good'' employees: ones you ''don’t'' want to leave, who added value. At least, they will be if HR is doing a passable job — [[Spartan if]] — because if so, ''poor staff won’t be leaving of their own free will''. | |||
Commercial firms are not charities for the intellectually vulnerable.<ref>Though, some forget this. A large financial services institution recently displayed in its internal branding: “We are proud of our [[diversity]] policy. We hire regardless of physical or mental ability.”</ref> They should actively exit employees who are not performing to expectation. | |||
Maxim: {{maxim|Professional employment should not be a hostage situation. Either way.}} | |||
===The wilful blindness of management=== | ===The wilful blindness of management=== | ||
Management will steadfastly deny any lateral quitter is missed. The trend towards “[[exit interview]] by [[chatbot]]” — if they bother with one at all — suggests corporations systematically undervalue the people they are losing. | Management will steadfastly deny any lateral quitter is missed. The trend towards “[[exit interview]] by [[chatbot]]” — if they bother with one at all — suggests corporations systematically undervalue the people they are losing. | ||
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But free, for the first and last time, of those chilling effects of free speech, ''they might just tell you in an [[exit interview]]''. | But free, for the first and last time, of those chilling effects of free speech, ''they might just tell you in an [[exit interview]]''. | ||
Why not at least | Why not at least ''ask''? | ||
===The [[competence phase transition]]=== | ===The [[competence phase transition]]=== | ||