Dear All,
I have been offered a position as a Manager at the MNC software company XXXXX. However, the offer letter in Annexure 1 states that I am required to submit the original copy of the relieving letter from my most recent employer. They have mentioned that they will return it after three months.
I would like to seek your opinions on whether it is a mandatory policy for all employers to request the most recent relieving letter from new employees.
Please advise.
Regards,
Shiv
From India, Bangalore
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I have been offered a position as a Manager at the MNC software company XXXXX. However, the offer letter in Annexure 1 states that I am required to submit the original copy of the relieving letter from my most recent employer. They have mentioned that they will return it after three months.
I would like to seek your opinions on whether it is a mandatory policy for all employers to request the most recent relieving letter from new employees.
Please advise.
Regards,
Shiv
From India, Bangalore
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Hi Anil, But they say it is Mandatory :) or else they would not proceed further ? regards, Shiv
From India, Bangalore
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From India, Bangalore
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All the original certificates belong to you. The man who is asking original must be crazy. Pon
From India, Lucknow
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Dear shiv, This can not be stated to be mandatory. Regards, R.N.Khola
From India, Delhi
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Some organizations, especially IT companies, do ask for the original relieving letter from the immediate previous organization. This is done so that the candidate cannot parallelly get employment elsewhere on the basis of this certificate. In case you have a different letter for relieving and experience, I see no harm in handing over the original relieving letter to your new employer.
In case the experience letter and relieving letter are the same, you can, as an ex-employee, always ask for a duplicate from your earlier employer.
From Netherlands
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In case the experience letter and relieving letter are the same, you can, as an ex-employee, always ask for a duplicate from your earlier employer.
From Netherlands
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Hello Shiv,
Balaji S. is right.
Just as many candidates come up with ingenious ways to jump the gun, so too do companies try to catch up :-).
The very fact that the company has informed you that the original will be returned to you AFTER 3 MONTHS corroborates this aspect - they are just trying to ensure that you stay with them after joining... the presumption being that if you stay for 3 months, then you may not move out :-)
However, take the precaution that Balaji mentioned - instead of losing this opportunity: Take different letters for relieving and experience.
Now looking at this situation from another perspective, please ensure you have done the complete checks about this new company - one reason why they MAY be insisting on the relieving letter to be with them for 3 months COULD be their past attrition experience, which could be either due to the general industry trend OR something wrong with this company's policies. Hope you get the point.
All the Best.
Regards,
TS
From India, Hyderabad
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Balaji S. is right.
Just as many candidates come up with ingenious ways to jump the gun, so too do companies try to catch up :-).
The very fact that the company has informed you that the original will be returned to you AFTER 3 MONTHS corroborates this aspect - they are just trying to ensure that you stay with them after joining... the presumption being that if you stay for 3 months, then you may not move out :-)
However, take the precaution that Balaji mentioned - instead of losing this opportunity: Take different letters for relieving and experience.
Now looking at this situation from another perspective, please ensure you have done the complete checks about this new company - one reason why they MAY be insisting on the relieving letter to be with them for 3 months COULD be their past attrition experience, which could be either due to the general industry trend OR something wrong with this company's policies. Hope you get the point.
All the Best.
Regards,
TS
From India, Hyderabad
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Hello Balaji & TS,
I concur with both of your suggestions and thoughts. What's bothering me is:
- They are not even ready to give an acknowledgment of the deposited original relieving letter!
- In the annexure sheet, I don't see any authorized signatory, while the rest of the sheets are signed by an authorized signatory.
Best Regards,
Shivaprasad
From India, Bangalore
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I concur with both of your suggestions and thoughts. What's bothering me is:
- They are not even ready to give an acknowledgment of the deposited original relieving letter!
- In the annexure sheet, I don't see any authorized signatory, while the rest of the sheets are signed by an authorized signatory.
Best Regards,
Shivaprasad
From India, Bangalore
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HR departments in most companies may overlook certain courtesies in their eagerness to protect their company's interests. However, it is important to note that most companies are better than their HR departments. Therefore, it is advised not to judge a prospective company based solely on the behavior of the HR department. Instead, try to gather a more well-rounded feedback on the company from sources such as grapevine, the internet, future colleagues, etc.
From India, Thana
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Dear Shaiv,
Have you asked the HR manager over there why they require an original copy of the relieving letter instead of a xerox copy? I am sure there will be some reasons for the same. Different companies have different rules and regulations that we need to adhere to. As per the rules, the candidate has to submit xerox copies of all certificates, relieving letters, and experience letters as per the annexure mentioned in the offer letter.
So, if you think that the HR manager of the company is being dishonest with you, then I believe you need to clarify the situation with him before making any decisions or forming any perceptions about him.
Regards, Derek Gomes
From India, Nagpur
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Have you asked the HR manager over there why they require an original copy of the relieving letter instead of a xerox copy? I am sure there will be some reasons for the same. Different companies have different rules and regulations that we need to adhere to. As per the rules, the candidate has to submit xerox copies of all certificates, relieving letters, and experience letters as per the annexure mentioned in the offer letter.
So, if you think that the HR manager of the company is being dishonest with you, then I believe you need to clarify the situation with him before making any decisions or forming any perceptions about him.
Regards, Derek Gomes
From India, Nagpur
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Asking for the original relieving letter of the recent employer at the time of joining is a very common practice. In this case, the employer is insisting on depositing the original relieving letter for a period of 3 months, which is a bit unusual.
Firstly, the employer is ensuring that the new employee has been formally relieved by their last employer. The employer is making sure that the new employee has fulfilled all obligations with the last employer that are expected from any employee, such as serving the notice period, proper handover of responsibilities, and clearance of all dues.
By insisting on the original letter, the employer is minimizing the possibility of a forged or fraudulent relieving letter being produced.
Secondly, by holding the original letter for three months, the employer is also restricting the chances of the new employee deserting the new job for another offer elsewhere. The chances of a new employee leaving the job for another job offer are very high in the initial 3 months.
From India, Pune
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Firstly, the employer is ensuring that the new employee has been formally relieved by their last employer. The employer is making sure that the new employee has fulfilled all obligations with the last employer that are expected from any employee, such as serving the notice period, proper handover of responsibilities, and clearance of all dues.
By insisting on the original letter, the employer is minimizing the possibility of a forged or fraudulent relieving letter being produced.
Secondly, by holding the original letter for three months, the employer is also restricting the chances of the new employee deserting the new job for another offer elsewhere. The chances of a new employee leaving the job for another job offer are very high in the initial 3 months.
From India, Pune
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