[ironchef]

"Here’s why: There is absolutely no benefit for you to gain by talking in an exit interview, and plenty of negative consequences to come out of it. At best you’ll be remembered as a complainer, and you may make enemies."

I guess I would counter with if I have friends there, I would like their lives to be better. If my exit interview is able to do that, then I would take that as a net positive.

[jonstewart]

The only possible way to help is by providing positive reinforcement. “I loved working with X. Y is really killing it on her KPIs.” I am otherwise in agreement with TFA.

[jmye]

This, for sure. I pump up good people doing good things. No one cares that I think our new time tracking sucks, or that an HR policy sent me over the edge, and they definitely don’t care that I think an SVP in a different department is going to tank the company because their metric strategy is all about finding fractions of fractions that make them look good.

But they’ll, even subconsciously, remember that I said Joe and Jane were absolute rock stars.

[NBJack]

Then count the costs. If it is worth more to you to leave such feedback and improve their world, it's always your choice.

However, you should also be either convinced that HR gives a crap, or that any potential outcomes are acceptable, including but not limited to being moved into "unregulated attrition" status, losing the ability to be hired by the same company in the future, having your words potentially turned into a lawsuit against you, etc. Unless you have actual, legal, signed documentation in place giving you such assurances, these are all on the table.

[andelink]

It is this sort of fear that holds society back. Individualistic thinking and a belief that one cannot make a difference anyways allows so much bad behavior to take place. With everything in life, you should always try to leave a place better than how you found it.

[throwawayq3423]

>I guess I would counter with if I have friends there, I would like their lives to be better. If my exit interview is able to do that, then I would take that as a net positive.

If you had any confidence your feedback would be listened to and actioned on, why would you be leaving?

[iwontberude]

One time I got two months severance for complaining in my exit interview.