Leaving job and have got 'Exit' interview with bosses best buddy, hmmm.. shouldn't it be with HR / personnel?

[Meglet]

I'm leaving my job next week and have been told I have an exit interview (yay!) but it's with one of my managers team, and her best buddy at work . I've never had an exit interview before but I would have hoped it would have been with the HR / personnel team.

I'm going to have to sit there with gritted teeth and be nice as pie if it's with my bosses friend. My boss is a bit of a nightmare and I don't want to pretend she is perfect.

Should I insist on a neutral person doing my exit interview?

off to bed now but will check back tomorrow. TIA.

[llareggub]

Could you ring HR and ask that someone else, perhaps from HR, carry out the interview? WHere I work we give the option of a paper questionnaire instead. Good luck.

[flowerybeanbag]

If you're not happy with the nominated person, say so to HR and ask that they either do it or find a manager from a completely different team. Or if you don't want to rock the boat by refusing this person, do as MadamDeathstare says and ask for a separate additional meeting with HR.

[Meglet]

Good ideas . I might contact HR direct. I don't want (or need) to do a character assasination but my boss takes the piss and needs a rocket up her backside.

[bunnymother]

For what it's worth, when I finished at my last job, I thought about what I would get from my exit interview (nothing) and what it could potentially cost me (goodwill). I told HR that I had no issues to discuss, so we decided there was no need for such an interview.