ABOUT OFFRECORD
The honest exit interview.
The Problem
Every company has a pitch.
A LinkedIn page full of buzzwords. A Glassdoor average that has been carefully managed. Interview loops designed to sell you as much as to assess you.
And somewhere, someone just left that job. They know things you do not.
They know the actual compensation. The real culture. What management is like when the cameras are off. Whether the unlimited PTO is real or a running joke. Whether people actually get promoted or quietly plateau.
That knowledge mostly disappears.
It lives in DMs to friends of friends. In Reddit threads that scroll into oblivion. In exit interviews that HR files away and never reads.
Meanwhile, you are supposed to make a life decision, where you will spend 40+ hours a week, what you will learn, whether you will grow or stagnate, based on a job description written by someone in marketing.
They have your entire work history. Two or three references. A background check. A LinkedIn profile going back ten years. Six people's worth of interview notes. A skills test.
You have a job description written by someone in marketing.
That is not a fair fight.
What OffRecord Is
OffRecord is where the person who just left writes the note they wish someone had left for them.
Structured. Anonymous. Permanent. Searchable by company, role, location.
Not a review site. Not a rating aggregator. Not a place to vent (though sometimes the truth feels that way).
An exit note. Strategic intelligence. The download you would give a friend if they asked, Should I take this job?
Real compensation ranges. Actual work-life balance. What fast-paced environment actually means at that company. How promotions really work. Red flags people missed in interviews. How long you would recommend staying.
The stuff that matters.
OffRecord rebalances that.
When we share information, we negotiate from strength. The employment relationship stops being one-sided. They need us as much as we need them, maybe more, and it is time the information flow reflected that.
This is mutual aid for job seekers. We are looking out for each other. We are making sure the next person does not walk into the same situation blind.
We are taking our power back. One exit note at a time.