I’ve long said that no one will mistreat you faster/more deeply/more thoroughly than family will; If working at a business that touts it “family” nature... the boss wants everyone to be “family”... just means that they want to treat you like family (ie badly). Do not walk away ... RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.

OH MY GOSH I think you secretly work for my company, only we had 50 employees. The boss never came to work. If he did, maybe for a few hours a week. The wife was the HR and the overall owner and CEO. She wouldn’t know HR if it hit her in the face, and would employ different policies for different people, depending on…

I did the same thing at my last job. If my last day is when you’re suddenly concerned with things like why someone would leave for another job, the company culture, workloads, etc, then it’s a failure on the part of upper mgmt and HR.

Avoid family companies like the goddamned plague.

My hot take on it is if a company actually cared about fixing issues that make employees quit, they’d do something before people quit. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything actually “fixed” as a result of the exit interview. It’s just the last piece of paper they put in your file when you leave. Exit interviews are…

Yep. As an employee you have nothing to gain during an exit interview, and you owe the company nothing, as well. Unless they’re doing something sleazy like holding your final paycheck, mum’s the word.

This is the reason I think exit interviews are pointless. They change nothing. We had a guy provide documentation of pervasive timesheet fraud from two managers in his dept. (during his exit interview) and the HR rep simply warned the managers that people were on to them and to be careful. And they wonder they get…

That’s fine, but when I’m leaving the company, I don’t give a shit what you improve.

In fact, I’d only possibly out salary structure to help my former co-workers (maybe?), and dodge or outright lie about the rest. You won’t accomplish anything from shit talking your boss or the company. It is all risk and no reward, beyond blowing off steam. As a functional adult, you should ignore these impulses and…

Absolutely. And would anything change because of any valid opinions you hold? Fuck exit interviews. What do companies think you would say? I’m leaving because of your progressive views, your compensation equal to what I’m doing, and upper management’s support? If that were there, you might not leave. And I’m sure…

One last land mine they throw in front of your feet and hope you’ll step on. Don’t do it.

You don’t work for them anymore, it doesn’t help you at all, and it’s an opportunity to screw yourself.

Yeah, but there’s no real benefit to the employee. An exit interview is nothing more than a final “do our job for us”. Exit interviews are simple - say innocuous things like “looking for other directions” and then nothing but positive things. It’s the employment version of “it’s not you, it’s me” out of a…

I’m most certainly not a millennial. I barely qualify for baby boomer. But do you really think the company will change anything because of an exit interview? How about “I’m quitting because I was harassed”? “I’m quitting because in doing my job, my suggestions were ignored”? Do you really think HR is going to open an…

And have you ever taken action if someone says the manager was terrible? The job wasn’t productive? Ever acted on the person’s suggestion? Forget that—those are rhetorical questions. That’s why exit interviews are ridiculous. You say you want to know, but are you going to do anything about it? When women complain…

You would definitely insist they do it but couldn’t force them to do it? Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds? You wield power over people only because they don’t have any other choice for their daily crust. That’s the only reason you can “insist” anything. Passive aggressive bullying is the worst.

I’d certainly advise anyone to skip their exit interview. I can’t see any benefit whatsoever to an employee sitting through one on their way out.

My company has fired 600 out of 1200 people since December (we were purchased in July). Not laid off, just fired. So I’m looking for new employment, and won’t be doing the exit interview. Because all my answers would be “You fucking know why”

This. Exit interviews are for the company to make themselves feel good and to make sure there isn’t some sort of lawsuit coming. The company isn’t going to have some moment of clarity because you quit and change how it does everything just because you pointed out all its faults in an exit interview.

I hope people read these comments. Decline the exit interview or keep it curt and positive. You never know when you meet someone again. Play the long game, not the short gratification. If they wanted to fix it, it would have happened while you work there.