revolving-door syndrome

Noun

revolving door syndrome (usually uncountable, plural revolving door syndromes)

1. (idiomatic, usually) A situation in which employee turnover in an organization is inordinately high.
   • [S]exual harassment, stereotyping, racism, ageism, and sexual preference discrimination . . . have led to situations such as glass ceilings, earnings gaps, and the revolving door syndromes.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...
2. (idiomatic, usually) A situation in which a person or group repeats a cycle of behaviors or experiences, usually with unsuccessful or undesirable results.
   • 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 the revolving-door syndrome of hospital admissions, readmissions, abandonment to the streets and incarceration that engulfs those...1999 July 9, E. Fuller Torrey, Mary T. Zdanowicz, “Deinstitutionalization Hasn't Worked”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, retrieved 01 Dec 2015
3. (idiomatic, often, usually) A situation in which a person changes employers, perhaps more than once, switching between (a) employment with the government or with an organization having oversight authority and (b) employment with an organization regulated by or overseen by the other employer.
   • 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.2008, R. Uprichard, The Bureaucracies, Northern Ireland: Lurgan College, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2023