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My previous company closed 2 years ago, and I am not in touch with anyone from there. For the past 2 years, I have been working in another company and have now received a very good offer. Will there be a problem with background verification in TCS? I have the appointment and relief letters, along with the last 3 months' payslips. Additionally, if someone visits the location to verify, locals can confirm that there was a small company there until 2010.
Please reply as soon as possible. I am unable to decide whether to submit my resignation at the current company and proceed further or not. I have heard that TCS and Accenture conduct thorough verifications compared to others. I look forward to your genuine advice and replies.
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1My previous company closed 2 years ago, and I am not in touch with anyone from there. For the past 2 years, I have been working in another company and have now received a very good offer. Will there be a problem with background verification in TCS? I have the appointment and relief letters, along with the last 3 months' payslips. Additionally, if someone visits the location to verify, locals can confirm that there was a small company there until 2010.
Please reply as soon as possible. I am unable to decide whether to submit my resignation at the current company and proceed further or not. I have heard that TCS and Accenture conduct thorough verifications compared to others. I look forward to your genuine advice and replies.
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Hi,
No need to worry if your previous employment is genuine and the company is not a letterhead company. Even if it is a fake company, you will be provided with the time to justify your employment. Form 16, PF No., and salary slips will help you in this regard. If you have the confidence in you, put your papers and go ahead...
All the best.
Regards,
Mathi
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No need to worry if your previous employment is genuine and the company is not a letterhead company. Even if it is a fake company, you will be provided with the time to justify your employment. Form 16, PF No., and salary slips will help you in this regard. If you have the confidence in you, put your papers and go ahead...
All the best.
Regards,
Mathi
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Hi Mathi,
Thanks for the response, but I don't understand what you mean by a letterhead company? Also, we used to receive cash in envelopes; we never had any Form 16 concept. It was a small firm of 50 people. Any issues?
Thanks,
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Thanks for the response, but I don't understand what you mean by a letterhead company? Also, we used to receive cash in envelopes; we never had any Form 16 concept. It was a small firm of 50 people. Any issues?
Thanks,
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Kindly, get the contact number (either landline or mobile) of your Supervisor, Reporting Manager, or Owner of that closed company. Also, try to obtain their email address, either personal or official (current one), so that you can include it in the application form of TCS when applying, or you can inform the HR personnel about it. They will handle the verification process themselves.
In practice, the verification process is conducted by third-party vendors. The new company, after offering you the position and collecting all your details, shares your application information with these third-party vendors or Background Verification agencies. These agencies, upon receiving the details, verify through three methods: 1. email/postal communication, 2. telecommunication, 3. confirmation of the Company Name and Address (existence) through two ways - a. Visit to the location by their consultant (in remote areas) or employees (in their main cities), and b. Visit to the Post Office/Big Courier Agencies to cross-check any past communication at that address under that name. At times, they also verify with the local police station or local individuals (particularly prominent locals).
Most often, the verification agencies either send an email or directly call the HR department personnel for verification, or they contact your supervisor.
Therefore, if you truly worked at that company, proceed accordingly.
Cheers!
Abhishek Rajan
Manager HR
From India, Bhopal
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In practice, the verification process is conducted by third-party vendors. The new company, after offering you the position and collecting all your details, shares your application information with these third-party vendors or Background Verification agencies. These agencies, upon receiving the details, verify through three methods: 1. email/postal communication, 2. telecommunication, 3. confirmation of the Company Name and Address (existence) through two ways - a. Visit to the location by their consultant (in remote areas) or employees (in their main cities), and b. Visit to the Post Office/Big Courier Agencies to cross-check any past communication at that address under that name. At times, they also verify with the local police station or local individuals (particularly prominent locals).
Most often, the verification agencies either send an email or directly call the HR department personnel for verification, or they contact your supervisor.
Therefore, if you truly worked at that company, proceed accordingly.
Cheers!
Abhishek Rajan
Manager HR
From India, Bhopal
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Hi Abhishek,
Thank you very much for the detailed response. Yes, I can provide the personal email IDs of 2-3 people whom I am in touch with. The best thing was when I joined my current company 2 years ago, I sent them an email from my previous company email ID. That email exists as a copy in my Gmail, so hopefully, that would serve as proof that I worked there until 2 years ago.
Thanks again for your response.
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Thank you very much for the detailed response. Yes, I can provide the personal email IDs of 2-3 people whom I am in touch with. The best thing was when I joined my current company 2 years ago, I sent them an email from my previous company email ID. That email exists as a copy in my Gmail, so hopefully, that would serve as proof that I worked there until 2 years ago.
Thanks again for your response.
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Hi Abhishek, I have been working in India for the last 5 years (I have the offer and relieving letter) and I have recently been selected in an interview with a large company in India, with the recruitment process currently underway.
My work history includes working in Singapore for 3 years before moving to the US, where I worked for 5 years. I do not possess the relieving letter from my former organization in Singapore, as the company has shut down. During my time in the US, I transitioned through three companies that sponsored my H1 visa. While I do not have the relieving letters from those companies, I do have W2 forms and salary slips. I have an employment letter from the third company but lack the relieving letter.
I believe all my work experience is genuine. Do you foresee any issues?
- Gopi
From India, Bangalore
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My work history includes working in Singapore for 3 years before moving to the US, where I worked for 5 years. I do not possess the relieving letter from my former organization in Singapore, as the company has shut down. During my time in the US, I transitioned through three companies that sponsored my H1 visa. While I do not have the relieving letters from those companies, I do have W2 forms and salary slips. I have an employment letter from the third company but lack the relieving letter.
I believe all my work experience is genuine. Do you foresee any issues?
- Gopi
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this singapore co might need any doc. but if you have any doc or even email from this co hr or your mgr it will work. you can list this to the hirig mgr. - Abhishek www(dot)abhishekrajan(dot)com
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Hi all,
I am facing a similar issue. A company for which I worked for about a month and a half and quit without collecting pay has closed. I do not have any pay slips or Form 16 as it was a consultancy job for two months. I have the appointment letter issued, and that was the only official document issued to me.
I have an offer from a major IT firm, and their BGV team has red-flagged me as the company has closed, and they cannot find any points of contact (POCs) from the old company. What happens next? Will they void the offer issued? I have already resigned and am relieved too; if this goes wrong, I would have no job.
What happens in these kinds of circumstances? I guess I am not the first one with such problems. Please help with your inputs.
Thanks in advance,
Prakash
From India, Kolkata
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I am facing a similar issue. A company for which I worked for about a month and a half and quit without collecting pay has closed. I do not have any pay slips or Form 16 as it was a consultancy job for two months. I have the appointment letter issued, and that was the only official document issued to me.
I have an offer from a major IT firm, and their BGV team has red-flagged me as the company has closed, and they cannot find any points of contact (POCs) from the old company. What happens next? Will they void the offer issued? I have already resigned and am relieved too; if this goes wrong, I would have no job.
What happens in these kinds of circumstances? I guess I am not the first one with such problems. Please help with your inputs.
Thanks in advance,
Prakash
From India, Kolkata
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They haven't taken back the offer; that's what they say when I ask them if I would have the job. My joining date has been postponed four times already, and I guess they want to tire me out and move on. But no one has officially told me anything as of yet except giving the vague reason that my BGV is pending. It was not my fault that the company closed, and I was being honest about my employment, yet I have to suffer.
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