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Given that this is the retirement forum and the question asked about when retiring, it's not likely there will be a potential employer checking up. Besides, most places don't give out anything but dates and positions. ....
Correct, few places will provide any recommendation, but almost every place will confirm dates of hire and answer a key question: Is the employee, eligible for rehire? Burn your bridges and the answer could be no.
Correct, few places will provide any recommendation, but almost every place will confirm dates of hire and answer a key question: Is the employee, eligible for rehire? Burn your bridges and the answer could be no.
The answer could be no regardless of what you do, if we're going to consider all possibilities. It really comes down to the individual determining if what they do will likely burn a bridge and whether they will ever need to cross that bridge again.
The answer could be no regardless of what you do, if we're going to consider all possibilities. It really comes down to the individual determining if what they do will likely burn a bridge and whether they will ever need to cross that bridge again.
Nobody knows 100% but everyone assesses a probability to it whether officially or unofficially. After all, you might find yourself living in Tanzania next year but you probably aren't spending time learning to speak Swahili in preparation.
The corporation that I worked for did an exit interview for any employee leaving the company, unless you were being fired on the spot for some sort of egregious behavior. In my view, you highlight the positive in those interviews, give credit to those who helped to develop you in your career and take the opportunity to appreciate good company policy and the hard work of your fellow coworkers.
I wouldn't use that time to air grievances because when you are on the way out the door it's not like they can do much about it anyway. If you never bothered to speak up about a complaint while you worked there then it's probably time to just let it go. Just my own opinion.
Did your former employer have you complete one before retiring and, if so, did you answer the questions honestly? Why or why not?
No. They used to but the story is that so many retirees were negative during the interview that it was stopped.
The same way we were supposed to do yearly ratings of the school/Administration. It was supposed to be anonymous but no one believed that because phrasing would later be used that teachers put on the survey.
It was funny, though. Even though we stopped getting the survey the school system always reported the yearly results for the school.
Yes, they had a survey. I purposely wanted to be sure to tell them that my reason for leaving was not "retirement". I left voluntarily because I disagreed with certain unilateral changes that my department manager made to my role and I felt that it would take me 5 years to acclimate to the new responsibilities. Therefore I decided to leave. I was only 61. It was not retirement per se. However, I guess you could call it semi-retirement because I'm no longer working full time.
To me, I'll consider myself retired when I take SS.
Yes, they had a survey. I purposely wanted to be sure to tell them that my reason for leaving was not "retirement". I left voluntarily because I disagreed with certain unilateral changes that my department manager made to my role and I felt that it would take me 5 years to acclimate to the new responsibilities. Therefore I decided to leave. I was only 61. It was not retirement per se. However, I guess you could call it semi-retirement because I'm no longer working full time.
To me, I'll consider myself retired when I take SS.
Interesting. At 61, did it really matter that the job changed? You were a short timer anyway.
Correct, few places will provide any recommendation, but almost every place will confirm dates of hire and answer a key question: Is the employee, eligible for rehire? Burn your bridges and the answer could be no.
Agreed. Even if the employee plans to retire and never work again it is better to leave on a positive note of goodwill. Using the exit interview as an opportunity to take parting shots at the people who are still working there is probably not the way to go. Again, just my humble opinion.
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