“…In exit surveys during the last two years, a majority said they would recommend working at Twitch but preferred to move on, the spokesperson said.”
Yeah right… Give me a friggin break. Exit interviews? You are telling me that they actually _believe_ that exit interviews are truthful or honest? It is crystal clear to me the B.S. being said here by the company rep. This is all corporate politics and it shows. The vast majority of the tech employment situation nowadays (in the U.S. at least) is that we are effectively “tech mercenaries” with loyalty only to our close colleagues and no loyalty to any company. Companies burned their employees’ loyalty away during the mass layoffs of 2020 and 2021. I know there is some nuance to the layoffs that occurred for some company circumstances - but not the vast majority of publicly traded enterprises on the stock market.
Exit interviews are an HR mandated necessity and are completely useless. The claim is that exit surveys are to help better understand _why_ an employee has decided to leave and then relay to management to help them with improving employee retention. This is a lie. In my personal experience, exit interviews are really just a final test by the company to determine if the exiting employee should be blacklisted, kept on lawsuit watch, and/or can be trusted to keep their mouth shut (I.e. will they honor their non-disclosure agreements? Can they keep our IP secret? Will they blab about other internal product ideas or customers to their new employer? Are they going to try to make others quit with them? Etc).
In almost all of the cases that I’m aware of where an ex-employee was honest about the long list of issues/abuses on their way out, it has always been a bridge burned and never turned out for the better.
My personal policy on exit surveys is this: on your way out, be a nice as possible and keep you mouth shut about the bad stuff. When asked why you are going, the only good answer is “I just know it is my time to move on.” And if asked if you would recommend others to work at the employer, you will respond with a yes because this is true (For example, yes you would absolutely recommend someone you don’t like to work at a place you don’t like). And after that, say NOTHING else. Be nice then run for the hills.
Edit:: one note on my personal policy on exit interviews, the example provided _implies_ the previous employment was a bad situation. Thankfully I haven’t had a great deal of negative ones. I still stick with my opinion of lying your ass off at exit interviews because it just isn’t worth the hassle otherwise.