We hear there are some large airlines who like to poach from some small airlines because it is believed their training is excellent. That might be true in an automated trained monkey environment, but it doesn't make them well trained pilots; just one sort of pilot.
True, but also good training material. I know several TRE's at a big ME operator who were formerly flying instructors then spent quite a lot of time on T/P's and smaller jets in a well respected UK operation, for example. In the words of one senior training manager "they get it".