What is it called when hiring because worse as good employees leave?

Dead Sea effect

http://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/11/the-wetware-crisis-the-d...

thank you! that is what I was looking for :100:

I'm not sure what word you are looking for but I would just call it a bad reputation, disrepute or perhaps toxic. Word of mouth through social media speaks volumes about a company. Experienced people will research a company before joining it.

oh similar to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle