hemorrhage of talent
- noun
- /ˈhɛmərɪdʒ əv ˈtælənt/
- Literature
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fuga de talento
- The new CEO is determined to stop the hemorrhage of talent by improving working conditions.
Examples
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Universities worry about a hemorrhage of talent to the private sector due to better salaries.
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The company is facing a significant hemorrhage of talent!
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After the merger, the company experienced a hemorrhage of talent as many top engineers resigned.
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After the merger, there was a noticeable hemorrhage of talent in the department.
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The company faced a severe hemorrhage of talent when several key employees decided to leave for better opportunities.
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After the merger, there was a noticeable hemorrhage of talent as many skilled workers chose to resign.
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To combat the ongoing hemorrhage of talent, the organization implemented new employee retention strategies.
Synonyms
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4.3
A continuous loss of energy, money, or skilled workers
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4.2
The rate at which employees leave and are replaced in a company
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A situation in a workplace where people keep leaving and being replaced
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How quickly workers leave a company and new ones replace them
Staff often leave and new staff replace them in a workplace
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
hemorrhage + of + talent
The phrase uses the medical sense of 'hemorrhage' (severe loss of blood) metaphorically to mean a large loss of people or skills, so a learner who knows 'hemorrhage' and 'talent' can plausibly infer it means a rapid loss of skilled staff. However, this is a metaphorical, somewhat register-marked extension rather than a literal compositional meaning, so understanding requires making a figurative mapping rather than straightforward composition.
Etymology
Hemorrhage of talent creates a strong picture: hemorrhage means heavy bleeding, so it sounds like a company is losing its talent as if people were pouring out like blood. That's why it is used to mean 'a rapid loss of skilled employees'.