like rats deserting a sinking ship

With great haste and having only personal well-being in mind. (Typically said of people who begin abandoning something or someone that is failing or about to fail.) I knew the business was doomed when employees started quitting en masse, like rats deserting a sinking ship. Like rats deserting a sinking ship, the disgraced athlete's corporate sponsors began pulling their sponsorships one after another.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ioanna	-	Greek, Biblical Greek
SÌLeas	-	Scottish
Goranka	-	Croatian, Serbian
Iulia	YOO:-li-a (Ancient Roman)	Romanian, Ancient Roman
Evangelija	-	Macedonian
Reynold	REN-əld	English