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
Unathi	-	Southern African, Xhosa
GÉZa	-	Hungarian
Urbana	oor-BAH-nah	Italian
Gil	[gil]
Sladjana	SLAH-jah-nah	Serbian
Ale (2)	-	Frisian