The risk of honesty is that something negative you say will get back to the target, who will then bad mouth you. It does happen. In the worst cases, the bad g

The risk of honesty is that something negative you say will get back to the target, who will then bad mouth you. It does happen. In the worst cases, the bad guy will actively sabotage the frankly speaking exiter's job search. You say, "I really found Bad-Director's micromanaging our sprints unendurable". Now Bad-Director is your enemy and will bad mouth you at every opportunity including off the record reference checks. Doesn't happen 100% of the time, but often enough to be a risk.