Is there any point to an exit interview?
March 24, 2006So I had my exit interview yesterday. Here at CNET it’s entirely optional so I could have just declined. But I figured I should share my thoughts and motivations for leaving.
The woman who interviewed me was very nice, she at least pretended to be writing down notes. Couldn’t really tell for sure since we were on the phone and not in person. But she would occasionally ask me to hold on and I could hear her typing something up. Of course she could have just been IM’ing with friends. Certainly I’ve done that when I’m in boring teleconferences.
But does it really matter? HR’s not going to actually do anything with the exit interview, they probably will chalk it all down to a bitter former employee.
In the end I feel better for having shared my thoughts about the work environment and morale. I suppose that’s reason enough to have done the interview, even if nothing else positive comes out of it.
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RexWorld » Am I going to be ready for retirement?
TrackBack URIIt would be interesting to compare all the CNET Lousiville exit interviews. I bet there is some interesting common themes.
[…] So with my recent departure from CNET I rolled over my 401K from New York Life (don’t ever use them–horrible customer service). Today I was meeting with my financial advisor to figure out what to do with the rollover. Of course it couldn’t be simple, like depositing into the same mutual funds I already have. He says that with the CNET money added it’s now a big enough chunk that I should be thinking about allocating it to a bunch of funds. In fact doubling from the 3 I’m in now to 6. Supposedly the theory is that going to a wider portfolio helps spread the risk around while also maximizing the chance of picking up really good performance from one or two of the funds. […]
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