[wolverine876]

> 'poached' (I don't like that term but don't have a better one)

How about just saying that they left? 'Poached' puts the agency in the hands of their new employer, as if the person was cattle and their job change was due to cattle rustlin'. (Not that some management doesn't look at it that way.)

[jacquesm]

That's exactly how it is though: without their new employer reaching out with an offer the default is for people to stick around.