Another one...

Back in the mid nineties I worked in the Sydney office of a reasonably sized company. As the head office was in Melbourne, the Sydney office was only about 30 staff. A new Managing Director was appointed and he set up his office in the Sydney office. Within nine months of his appointment 75% of the staff had found new jobs, including me. That sort of turn over can cripple an office. When I left the senior person on the company's premier product had had two weeks experience and two even newer people under her.

I know these things happen and some industries get more of it than others. That said it is not good for morale. I'm now in the Melbourne office of a company that has its head office in Sydney. Nine months ago a national manager, based in Sydney, left the company and took a senior position with a rival and is now based in Melbourne. Since then we have lost seven staff to the rival company and perhaps another ten or so to various other places. There are about 55 people in this office so the impact is not as large but even still people get edgy.

There is a bit of a buzz about who will be next...