How honest should you be?

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PinkRinse

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171 months

Thursday 16th October 2014
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I've been for a couple of job interviews whilst working for my current employer. During my interviews I'm obviously asked why I want to leave my current job.

Previously I have always tried to be as diplomatic/tactful and professional as possible but I often feel like I'm holding back. To put it simply I really dislike the company I work for, disagree with some of the higher up decisions that have just been made which might seriously affect our credibility and also I can't stand my BM. I dislike almost every single way they "manage" and both in our company and outside he is not highly thought of despite what he believes in his own head.

Our industry is pretty incestuous so companies I interview with know each other well (one guy said "I'm not surprised to be interviewing someone from your company") but I don't want to be seen as whinging or bad mouthing in a close knit industry. Hmm.