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ScienceDaily reports that:
The phenomenon of 'boomerang employees' is not unique to professional athletes, says two recent studies. Organizations of all types are beginning to recognize and embrace the value of recruiting and welcoming back former employees. From infantry soldiers to chief executives, accountants and professional basketball players, many organizations proactively recruit and rehire former employees as a way to offset high turnover costs and hedge against the uncertain process of socializing replacement employees.
"After surveying and interviewing hundreds of employees, we were able to see that boomerang employees were more likely to originally leave an organization not because of dissatisfaction with the job, but because of some personal shock, such as a pregnancy, spousal relocation or an unexpected job offer," Harris said. "Somewhat unexpectedly, we also found that boomerang employees, compared to non-boomerang employees, typically had shorter original tenures with the focal organizations.
"The research found that re-employment performance was significantly predicted by the harmony of the original tenure, and their success during the time spent away from the focal organization and conditions of the return.
"Our latest research suggests that organizations should realize that not all boomerangs are created equal," Harris said. "When evaluating potential boomerang hires, organizations should first, and most obviously, consider their previous performance histories at the focal organization and at their most recent employer.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by forkazoo on Sunday July 20 2014, @05:01PM
Yeah lack of internal advancement is a big issue. I recently-ish had a former employer try to get me to come back short term as a freelance for a month or so because they had just lost one of my former coworkers. I was basically the only freelancer in the universe that could drop in and provide continuity without training. I gave them my rate, and they laughed at me. I wasn't particularly interested in negotiating because I was pretty busy, and there were a ton of very good reasons I had left in the first place.
For whatever reason, they thought since they had hired my for cheap when I originally made a jump in industry, that they would still be able to get me for cheap. Apparently they hadn't fully processed the fact that my not being paid enough to put up with their BS was what had originally forced me to leave. When they contacted me looking for help, they seemed to assume they could still be a dick to me, which was confusing. The way they responded to my rate was dickish to the point that it burned the bridge, and now I would be unlikely to ever work for them again at any rate.
Hint: When you ask for help, don't stab the hand you are asking to feed you. (Mixed metaphors are fun!)