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milestogo

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13. Many companies have stopped doing exit interviews.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 10:16 PM

Oct 2021

A friend was a manager at a company for 20 years. He invested heart and soul in it, but he also would have liked to give constructive feedback on his way out.

Nobody asked.

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Why Are People Really Leaving Their Jobs? The Whole Reason Can Be Summed Up in 4 Words [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 OP

If there was feedback, it was "Shut up and work harder" dalton99a Oct 2021 #1

Three words, actually: Sick and tired. marble falls Oct 2021 #2

I might be able to get it down to three words . . . hatrack Oct 2021 #3

Yes! SilasSouleII Oct 2021 #10

Congrats, Corgigal Oct 2021 #11

+1 uponit7771 Oct 2021 #25

+10000000000000000 Celerity Oct 2021 #26

At a local farm supply store UpInArms Oct 2021 #4

I assume this problem also existed pre-pandemic when they weren't resigning their jobs? JoanofArgh Oct 2021 #5

It probably did, but maybe the pandemic Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #6

I believe Rebl2 Oct 2021 #15

I have been commenting for years now about people staying in jobs where they PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #7

Unheard? Demobrat Oct 2021 #8

There's a flip side to that... CaptainTruth Oct 2021 #14

Yup! lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #39

Years ago I was in management Roy Rolling Oct 2021 #9

Count me in madwivoter Oct 2021 #12

Good luck! BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #17

Thank you! madwivoter Oct 2021 #23

I've heard that most workers quit managers, not jobs csziggy Oct 2021 #21

I agree madwivoter Oct 2021 #24

Many companies have stopped doing exit interviews. milestogo Oct 2021 #13

the ol' saying " take this job & shove it " ! monkeyman1 Oct 2021 #16

As an older person I remember when input was encouraged. halfulglas Oct 2021 #18

Okay. But let's get to the root cause: Auggie Oct 2021 #19

Yup. People whose talents and skills are devoted to schmoozing, not management JHB Oct 2021 #29

How many are sociopaths, by the way? Auggie Oct 2021 #36

And corporations solution to this? MBAs fescuerescue Oct 2021 #33

Yesh, especially MBA bean-counters Auggie Oct 2021 #35

I watched a pair of MBAs from Pepsi tear apart a silicon valley company I used to work for fescuerescue Oct 2021 #38

+1 Auggie Oct 2021 #40

Totally true Diraven Oct 2021 #20

They found out they didn't need 2 two to three jobs. Xolodno Oct 2021 #22

Yea I think it's multiple factors including that one fescuerescue Oct 2021 #37

Feedback that goes unheard Norbert Oct 2021 #27

I didn't mind the work so much. It was mind numbingly leftyladyfrommo Oct 2021 #28

I like being a 3rd shift mainframe computer operator. marie999 Oct 2021 #30

The industrial age is in its twilight Johnny2X2X Oct 2021 #31

Two words. Bad management. roamer65 Oct 2021 #32

Employers have gotten used to dictating terms of employment. Happy Hoosier Oct 2021 #34