Being Honest In Exit Interviews Is Pointless

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday July 23, 2012 @12:24PM from the but-burning-bridges-is-really-fun dept.

Esther Schindler writes "Say that you're leaving a job, either on your own volition or because they decided it was time for you to 'pursue other opportunities.' Before you leave, the HR department wants to chat with you about the employment experience, in an exit interview. 'Oh goodie,' you think. 'Now I can really tell them what I really feel.' Don't do it. If your employer couldn't find the time to ask you what was good or bad about working at the company while you were still working there, writes Lisa Vaas, why bother with honesty and potentially burned bridges now? (If they did ask, give them constructive feedback before you leave this job; they deserve it). Discuss."

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Re:What about ENTER interview? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-23 12:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

There was, uh, an incident where a police had shot a black man in the back. And then went, and plant a gun a next to him and say that the guy'd had a gun on him. What we found out after the investigation is: guy didn't have no gun. Police just shot a man in cold blood.
Stop that. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-23 12:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Don't post a story to /. and end it with "Discuss". That is condescending and pointless, and removes much of my desire to actually participate in the discussion.
Re:Discuss? by spazdor · 2012-07-23 12:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"The Partridge Family were neither partridges, nor a family."

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