Just to give you some background info, I went from being a developer in a variety of business and joined a software development company.
It was not the job I was hoping for. While I learned and continue to learn a lot, the company’s normal culture of crisis management has gotten to me. I loved in my previous jobs that I got to look at requirements and design a solution… With my current position were too much in a rush to patch and move on!
But to my question, I got another job and handed in my resignation yesterday, and my boss he was really shocked…
I must have shocked everyone, and now the VP of business dev and separately the senior developers what feedback to find out why I’m leaving.
I really don’t want to leave on a bad note and tell them its because of constant crisis management or the stress of working hours of unpaid overtime.
Should I speak my mind or no?


Be honest in a cordial way. But, let me take a stab at why they are shocked. You, like most employees, kept in the feelings. You went to work and kept you mouth shut about the issues and went about your work. All around you was chaos but, no one realized it since you all were neck deep in it. Once you made your mind up things weren’t right, you started to really evaluate your situation. Unfortunately, you were one of the few that could actually see this. The shock is that all the rest are just to close to the situation to see that things are quite askew. Don’t worry, you won’t burn bridges. You probably did them some good by waking them up a bit.
The past is the past, work on your new career adventure. Keep in mind in the future, talk to your mentors and let them know what you are feeling, in a cordial manner. It will help you not to get in this situation again.
Good luck!
You should speak your mind, but you need to come up with a way not to burn bridges. You never know when you need to cross those bridges again. Rivers without bridges are tough to get across. Bridges make it a lot easier.
Plus they seem to want your opinion. They must value it. They would be asking, it they did not value it, so as long as you are respectful, you should not have a problem.
I would be honest. They probably are wanting to see if it’s something they can change. It doesn’t have to be done in a bitter or angry way. Just respectfully tell them the truth.
be honest and you might be shocked at what they say