That only works if it really is a fit issue/the process is primarily used for fit issues, no?
Otherwise, why would a company headhunt an employee that is doing such a bad job that another company wants to fire them?
Otherwise, why would a company headhunt an employee that is doing such a bad job that another company wants to fire them?
But the staff member is still damn good at something, and is in need of a different venue to shine.
This shedding activity is referred to as the child's playing-card game "baba-nuki" (Old Maid). You are drawing a card from the other company's hand but don't know what card it is because they aren't showing you the face side. There is an emotional element to it (as with nearly everything else here) but also, maybe most importantly, Japanese society is quite fluid this way, it's one of the country's strengths. Everybody can understand if it is explained to them.