So rather than ask the person like a grownup they should wildly speculate in order to make everyone less uncomfortable?
I mean you have a list of 9 reasons off the top of your head and it's just the tip of the iceberg.
I mean you have a list of 9 reasons off the top of your head and it's just the tip of the iceberg.
So rather than ask the person like a grownup they should
wildly speculate in order to make everyone less
uncomfortable?
Exit interviews are the same. But unlike the stuff with a parent, it doesn't have the social-bond-building value of gossip.
With an exit interview, in the best case you learn nothing and know it; and in the worst case you learn nothing but mistakenly think you learned something. Not bothering with an exit interview helps you avoid that mistake, and saves you time as well.
One of my life goals is to always answer this question honestly.
Don't want to know what I think? Don't ask me.
The kind of people I want to spend my time around are those who prefer honest questions and honest answers, as opposed to those simply soliciting me for a bit of verbal fellatio.
Is that clear enough for you?
Maybe if things were sour it would have been different, but in this case I thought it was productive and was glad to help.
IMHO, this information should be gathered well before exit, e.g. through regular 1-on-1's, but that's another discussion.
Close relative has received a terminal diagnosis
Believed their horrorscope
Got pregnant
Saved enough money to retire to Thailand
Spouse has had an affair with a co-worker (Trust aside this is still a good reason)
> They can get a better deal (non-monetary) elsewhere
Just won the lottery, close relative received terminal diagnosis, got pregnant, believed their horoscope, saved enough to retire - these are all cases where someone believes they can get more value for themselves by leaving their job.
Spouse has had an affair with a co-worker probably goes under "not happy with the culture"...
People who leave usually negociate or talk up before they leave. If you need the exit interview, then your management is seriously unable to hear. In which case the exit interview won't be acted upon anyway.
Of the companies I've worked for that hold exit interviews, and I've had conversations with ex-coworkers about what they said at the exit interview, it would appear that it doesn't make any difference anyway. So why open yourself up to any liability, or help relieve your ex-employer of any liability? Don't waste your time, or even their time for that matter.