revolving door syndrome

noun3

1. •
   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
2. •
   A situation in which a person or group repeats a cycle of behaviors or experiences, usually with unsuccessful or undesirable results.

   • Prison reform and the rehabilitation of prisoners need to be part of the fight against crime, since it is critical that revolving door syndromes of criminality be arrested. — 2005
3. •
   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.

   • The report . . . called for a review of the effect of what it called a revolving door syndrome, in which analysts leave to work for an issuer whose debt they were rating. — 2009