It took me a while to get to this post. I wrote an article about keeping yourself active on ROK a while back, link in my sig.
Anyway, screw the exit interview. It won't help except give you a sounding board. You may as well talk to the mirror, a wall or your boys. It's a waste of your time but not HR. For them, it's just free ammo at your expense to use against another employee (your boss) should shit go south for them. That's it. Plain and simple. I don't care what they say it's for.
As far as your relationship with your shit boss, that's a different story. This will be a dissenting opinion but I hope you consider it. The reason your boss is a dick to you is different from the reason he's in charge. He could be the biggest asshole or the most insensitive boss. However, the fact that he's continuing his employment means he's adding some value to that company.
Keeping his behavior towards you to the side, you have to think about the above. It's a possibility that he could be a future decision maker or ally as you transition to your next role. That doesn't mean ask him for a reference. He could end up one day in a company being the peer of a decision maker that you want to get in front of to land a job. If your relationship with him remains solid, he could simply make an introduction. What I'm saying is to don't intentionally fuck up the relationship when it doesn't do you any good and as a matter of fact, could be detrimental. I would even go a step further and have an honest conversation with him, possibly over a beer. Seriously.
Samsamsam and the other poster are right. I respect the cats here that have their own business and don't deal with this. However, that being said, Corporate politics in a large company is its own animal. You have to embrace it and go with its flow, not work against it. Like one of the other posters said, it's all in the optics. The motivation that you have is just as visible as the motivation you lack.
Whether you like it or not, people are talking about you inside rooms. You just want to make sure that it's for adding value and being a good employee, while ensuring that it is visible and valued by management. This is not an easy task to accomplish. It requires less submission and more domination in the Corporate world. It requires hard work but challenge of existing assumptions. It requires staying late, but leaving when you have something important to attend to. It requires staying engaged, but learning when to fuck around. It's all about game. So chances are, you did not do this effectively. Just because your boss is a dick, doesn't give you the excuse to not do these things and fuck up, only to blame him for it all.
It's similar to a hot girl being a bitch. You players break that shield down, so why not learn to break it down in Corporate politics. It's like this. When you just get into the game initially, you blame the girl and move on to watching netflix or porn if you don't get in. Eventually, you start having patience, lower your ego and find a way to get her to come to you. The Corporate environment is no different.
Anyway, screw the exit interview. It won't help except give you a sounding board. You may as well talk to the mirror, a wall or your boys. It's a waste of your time but not HR. For them, it's just free ammo at your expense to use against another employee (your boss) should shit go south for them. That's it. Plain and simple. I don't care what they say it's for.
As far as your relationship with your shit boss, that's a different story. This will be a dissenting opinion but I hope you consider it. The reason your boss is a dick to you is different from the reason he's in charge. He could be the biggest asshole or the most insensitive boss. However, the fact that he's continuing his employment means he's adding some value to that company.
Keeping his behavior towards you to the side, you have to think about the above. It's a possibility that he could be a future decision maker or ally as you transition to your next role. That doesn't mean ask him for a reference. He could end up one day in a company being the peer of a decision maker that you want to get in front of to land a job. If your relationship with him remains solid, he could simply make an introduction. What I'm saying is to don't intentionally fuck up the relationship when it doesn't do you any good and as a matter of fact, could be detrimental. I would even go a step further and have an honest conversation with him, possibly over a beer. Seriously.
Samsamsam and the other poster are right. I respect the cats here that have their own business and don't deal with this. However, that being said, Corporate politics in a large company is its own animal. You have to embrace it and go with its flow, not work against it. Like one of the other posters said, it's all in the optics. The motivation that you have is just as visible as the motivation you lack.
Whether you like it or not, people are talking about you inside rooms. You just want to make sure that it's for adding value and being a good employee, while ensuring that it is visible and valued by management. This is not an easy task to accomplish. It requires less submission and more domination in the Corporate world. It requires hard work but challenge of existing assumptions. It requires staying late, but leaving when you have something important to attend to. It requires staying engaged, but learning when to fuck around. It's all about game. So chances are, you did not do this effectively. Just because your boss is a dick, doesn't give you the excuse to not do these things and fuck up, only to blame him for it all.
It's similar to a hot girl being a bitch. You players break that shield down, so why not learn to break it down in Corporate politics. It's like this. When you just get into the game initially, you blame the girl and move on to watching netflix or porn if you don't get in. Eventually, you start having patience, lower your ego and find a way to get her to come to you. The Corporate environment is no different.