Exit Interview

[creampuff]

Rich_W said:

My unofficial reasons (re: What made me start looking) are

2 specific colleagues behaviour. Neither are management level. I'll avoid the long winded story for now. But essentially I got sick of them both. (Others are equally sick of them, but maybe not in a position to leave as easily as myself) And how they were dragging the atmosphere down on a daily basis with their nonsense.


So. Would you fill in the form, concentrating on the colleagues behaviour, I'm not planning on kicking the management, since you never know about the future. Or would you just think "who cares" and leave it.

Quite frankly I want to cause st for these 2 guys. It's probably going to make no difference. But I feel like I've been pushed out of a job, whilst not the best in the world, I was settled at.


Has anybody ever given a "relatively" bad exit interview? Were there repercussions?

I had one years ago, and that company seemed excessively paranoid I was being bullied! I wasn't, just the next place was closer to my home and 4 grand a year more

I would not say anything it is unlikely anything will come of it and it is more likely a negative opinion will be formed about you instead. Also, you may have been able to do something about their behaviour while you were in the job, but you didn't.

[Mr Tidy]

Based on my experience if the exit interview is with someone from HR it is a box-ticking exercise so there is little point raising any concerns - most HR staff don't really understand what business the company is in, and have absolutely no understanding of how it operates on a day-to-day basis!

Plus they are likely to be supplying any reference you may require in the future!

If the interview is with someone senior in the part of the business you were in they may be more receptive to some gentle pointers, but it depends upon the person doing the interview - if you know them pretty well you should be able to judge how they will judge what you say!

But if you are going self-employed or retiring (so won't ever need a reference) there's no reason not to tell it like it was!

[brickwall]

As has been said before, decent companies will use exit interviews to genuinely understand why people are leaving, and if there's anything wrong they need to fix. For some (less good) companies, it'll be a tick-box exercise.