Retiring manager fills out exit interview with ‘brutal’ honesty, then emails it to everyone in the company

SO MANY of us have fantasised about telling our bosses exactly what we think of them — now one man has done it, in the best reply-all email ever.

He probably doesn’t care what his bosses think of him now. Picture: Saul Loeb / AFP

SO MANY of us have fantasised about telling our bosses exactly what we think of them — now one man has done it, in the best reply-all email ever.

Long term manager Michael Stuban, 58, has become a media sensation after he filled out his exit questionnaire and then sent it to all 2000 employees at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, where he had worked for 35 years.

“When they asked for an honest exit interview, I gave them one,” Stuban told the Philly Inquirer. “I sent it minutes before I officially retired.”

In the email Stuban, a mid level manager, said he actually liked his job and didn’t want to retire but that the last five years had been “terrible”.

“Giving us classes where we are being told we are not political. That’s bulls-,” he wrote. “Jobs/Promotions are filled by the politicians, it’s who you know, not what you know. Positions created for people who are not qualified.”

The western Pennsylvania resident told the Inquirer that relatives of powerful people got hired regardless of their qualifications.

“They hire a lot of people that are dumb as rocks,” he said.

But if he wanted to deliver some constructive criticism, his bosses didn’t seem to be taking it on board.

Chairman of the commission, Sean Logan also did his own reply all.

“Mr Stuban ... I don’t believe we ever met, and after reading your Exit Questionnaire, I am grateful that we didn’t.”

Stuban acknowledged he filled out the questionnaire with “brutal” honesty and said he thought the chairman had missed the point.

“If it was an effective company and someone told you there are problems and no morale, you don’t have to believe me, but maybe someone should check into it.”