Your Exit Interview data ‘might’ be a lie
We often hear that the feedback given during an exit interview is mostly honest as employees are known to be more open when they are leaving.
I don’t totally agree with this — People are often afraid to speak the truth (sometimes vent) during their exit interview.
What do employees think:
As an employee, we always wonder as to why our employer never asked our opinion on what things are not making us happy before we resigned. Once we resign, the fire alarm rings and every one trying to retain us is so concerned about what matters to us.
We want to exit on a good note and not after venting out our frustration.
Few reasons why your exit interview data could be a lie are:
- Why should I tell: An employee might leave due to some or other workplace related issue, there might be other employees who might leave in the future due to the same issue. They are skeptical about sharing everything that is wrong in the organization, and indirectly want you to ask your current employees. They don’t want to leave on a bad note.
- Taking off from work: This is one of the most common reason given during an exit interview where employees say that they are going to take their of their parents as they are unwell and won’t be joining any other company. They go further and say that this is a very good company with good colleagues and culture but their current priority are their parents.
Few days later, you get a background verification mail from a 3rd party for them :P - I am afraid/Don’t want to burn bridges: They might be afraid to share anything with you because they assume that you might know someone in the organization which they are about to join and you might bad mouth about them.
You never know who you will run into and when you will need them.
Next time you are taking an Exit Interview, make sure you are aware of these things. If you want to get honest Exit Interview data, you organization needs to build a culture giving feedback as and when needed.
Keep Rocking !! #HR