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Another huge risk: anything you say can be used in future legal action. Assume you leave, and tell them everything was great. Six months later, you decide that you have cause to sue. Now, the company can provide documentation in court that you said things were great.

There is zero value in participating in an exit interview. Just don’t do it.



Exit interviews are also discoverable in legal proceedings, so anything documented can be subpoenaed and used as evidence in court cases beyond just what you mentioned.




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