[HN Gopher] Skip the exit interview when you leave your job
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Skip the exit interview when you leave your job
Author : ohjeez
Score : 25 points
Date : 2022-06-13 20:05 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| thenerdhead wrote:
| I can't get behind this. You can be objective about why you're
| leaving and still be seen on good terms without burning any
| bridges.
|
| Companies need to learn. They can't do that if everyone skips the
| exit interview.
| akhmatova wrote:
| If these companies wanted to learn from you -- they would have
| availed themselves of that opportunity while you were still
| working there.
|
| As the blogger himself put it:
|
| _If you have suggestions on how things should work differently
| at the company, the time to tell your boss is while you work
| there. If they can't bring themselves to act on it during your
| tenure, telling them at the exit interview isn't going to do
| any good._
| dredmorbius wrote:
| That's effectively what TFA advocates:
|
| _Say nothing negative about anyone or anything. Tell them that
| you've found another opportunity that you need to take, and
| that it's been a privilege to work with them all. And that's
| it._
| karmakaze wrote:
| > Sometimes people say that "Well, how will the company get any
| better?" I suggest that that's no longer your concern, and that
| the time for that has passed anyway. If you're unhappy enough
| with the company to leave, then they've been doing things wrong
| for the duration of your employment.
|
| And if we all do this, companies will blindly keep doing things
| poorly making it increasingly hard to find places worth working
| at. I would say that if you're in the position where any negative
| consequences from being candid at an exit interview are
| inconsequential, then by all means share.
| makeitdouble wrote:
| The import bit to me is "the time for that has passed": make
| the effort to better the company before leaving. Talk candidly
| (but politely) to your manager about things you think are going
| wrong and try to work out something from there.
|
| Don't wait your exit interview to burst the dam, and don't make
| your leaving a revelation that you were serious about these
| issues.
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| In that sense, the exit interview should be useless.
| teg4n_ wrote:
| Exit interviews aren't the only means of companies soliciting
| feedback. Many companies I've been at have a anonymous survey
| taken every 6 months of everyone in the company run by a third
| party. Surely if they have bad turnover they can look at the
| feedback in those kinds of things that led people to leaving.
| dijonman2 wrote:
| Which are bs because the vendor can attribute feedback to
| your identity thereby causing a chilling effect.
|
| The only real way to stop these issues is to be proactive,
| not reactive.
| brnt wrote:
| Shut up and work, citizen!
| infotropy wrote:
| Pick up that can!
| brnt wrote:
| Psssj, many companies solely organise them to give those that
| need a place to cent a place to vent.
| waynesonfire wrote:
| same can be said about exit interviews
| Adraghast wrote:
| Can it? I would think you'd want to let people vent so
| they don't leave. If they've already decided to leave,
| why not let them vent on their own time?
| postalrat wrote:
| What's the theory why a company would want an exit interview?
| Maybe to dig up reasons not fondly remember the person leaving?
| procinct wrote:
| To try and find ways to prevent people from leaving in future.
| They are looking to improve retention.
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