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The corporate art of taking back the laptop and the keys to the kingdom.
means The formal process of cleanly separating someone from a company, covering paperwork, access, and handoff of their work.
from A reverse-engineered sibling of onboarding, which itself borrowed from getting passengers aboard a ship or plane — HR simply pointed the gangway the other way.
Security stakesForgotten logins are a top breach source.
Knowledge drainUndocumented work vanishes with the badge.
Boomerang effectGood offboarding lures returning rehires later.