Exit Interview or Security Check?

This cartoon wittily exposes the real intent lurking behind some workplace exit interviews: ensuring employees are truly leaving, rather than seeking feedback or closure.

What’s meant to be a tool for learning and improvement ends up as a performative ritual driven by mistrust.

Are exit processes about valuing honest feedback, or just about safeguarding the organization’s interests?

The scene provokes us to question whether exit interviews are about insight—or just control.