Here is one from the weekly Herman Trend Alert of which I was not familiar:<\/p>\n
\u201ccorporate cocooning\u201d – staying put out of fear<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A rather appropriate construction for today\u2019s economy, wouldn\u2019t you say?\u00a0 Here is the paragraph from which it is used:<\/p>\n
Due to “corporate cocooning” (staying put out of fear), the “unprecedented churning” of the labor market we have forecast in the past has not yet happened. Now, we again see a high level of expectation of job hopping. Wise employers will heed this warning and take steps now to engage their valued employees and avoid this unwanted turnover.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here is one from the weekly Herman Trend Alert of which I was not familiar: \u201ccorporate cocooning\u201d – staying put out of fear A rather appropriate construction for today\u2019s economy, wouldn\u2019t you say?\u00a0 Here is the paragraph from which it is used: Due to “corporate cocooning” (staying put out of fear), the “unprecedented churning” of the labor market we have forecast in the past has not yet happened. Now, we again see a high level of expectation of job hopping. Wise employers will heed this warning and take steps now to engage their valued employees and avoid this unwanted turnover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,49,23],"tags":[1416,248,1766,1765],"class_list":["post-2133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-economy","category-retention","tag-corporate-cocooning","tag-recession","tag-retention","tag-turnover"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-yp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2233,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/01\/the-key-word-is-hiring\/","url_meta":{"origin":2133,"position":0},"title":"The Key Word Is Hiring","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"You don\u2019t have to look far to find disconcerting news about the present economy.\u00a0 This AP story from one of our local papers lays out numbers that paint a vivid picture (emphasis mine): There were nearly 6.4 unemployed workers, on average, for each available job at the end of November,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Economy"","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1130,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/warm-chair-attrition\/","url_meta":{"origin":2133,"position":1},"title":"Warm Chair Attrition","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 15, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The above term is from The Herman Group's weekly newsletter (no link but their website is www.herman.net). 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