Hi all,
I am currently doing my job and now I want to resign from that job. I had submitted my resignation letter, but in reply I was informed that as per the company policy, I have to work at least one month and cannot leave until my commitment is fulfilled. However, I want to leave at the end of this month.
Additionally, there is one more point: I was not aware of this policy because the company has not provided me with any appointment letter, and I have not signed anything in the company. So, can I leave?
Thank you.
From India, Mumbai
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I am currently doing my job and now I want to resign from that job. I had submitted my resignation letter, but in reply I was informed that as per the company policy, I have to work at least one month and cannot leave until my commitment is fulfilled. However, I want to leave at the end of this month.
Additionally, there is one more point: I was not aware of this policy because the company has not provided me with any appointment letter, and I have not signed anything in the company. So, can I leave?
Thank you.
From India, Mumbai
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Dear Sagar,
You can leave the company at any time; they cannot force you to work. However, you should serve your notice period or pay in lieu of notice.
a) If you want your salary and a clean exit, then you should offer to resign, serve notice, and get relieved.
b) If you have worked in the company for less than 1 month and you don't want your salary or relieving letter, then you can just inform them that you don't want to work there and stop going to your office. As an HR professional, I do not recommend this option, but it's your choice.
From my experience - Whenever I had cases where people wanted to resign immediately after joining, I would recommend to the management to accept the resignation, waive off the notice period, and relieve the employee immediately. The reason was that in such cases, the employee had just joined, not completed training, and was not productive. Even if the employee would serve notice, it would not benefit the company.
My recommendation is to try to reason with them that you have just joined and are not fully productive. It would be in the company's best interest to relieve you immediately.
Hope this helps.
From India, Pune
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76You can leave the company at any time; they cannot force you to work. However, you should serve your notice period or pay in lieu of notice.
a) If you want your salary and a clean exit, then you should offer to resign, serve notice, and get relieved.
b) If you have worked in the company for less than 1 month and you don't want your salary or relieving letter, then you can just inform them that you don't want to work there and stop going to your office. As an HR professional, I do not recommend this option, but it's your choice.
From my experience - Whenever I had cases where people wanted to resign immediately after joining, I would recommend to the management to accept the resignation, waive off the notice period, and relieve the employee immediately. The reason was that in such cases, the employee had just joined, not completed training, and was not productive. Even if the employee would serve notice, it would not benefit the company.
My recommendation is to try to reason with them that you have just joined and are not fully productive. It would be in the company's best interest to relieve you immediately.
Hope this helps.
From India, Pune
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Hi,
Thank you for your reply. Here are a few more details. In this company, I had worked for more than a year and a half and received very nice appreciation. As a software developer, some clients also mentioned that it was good work. However, I am feeling frustrated because the company owner made some foolish decisions.
He assigned a highly recommended project to other developers with only 3 to 6 months of experience and moved me to a boring project like data entry. Additionally, the company owner is not paying salaries on time. On average, it is delayed by 25 days.
Moreover, the company is not compensating me fairly for the work I am doing. Therefore, I have decided to resign from my job. However, after receiving this kind of rude reply from him, I am feeling a bit scared.
From India, Mumbai
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Thank you for your reply. Here are a few more details. In this company, I had worked for more than a year and a half and received very nice appreciation. As a software developer, some clients also mentioned that it was good work. However, I am feeling frustrated because the company owner made some foolish decisions.
He assigned a highly recommended project to other developers with only 3 to 6 months of experience and moved me to a boring project like data entry. Additionally, the company owner is not paying salaries on time. On average, it is delayed by 25 days.
Moreover, the company is not compensating me fairly for the work I am doing. Therefore, I have decided to resign from my job. However, after receiving this kind of rude reply from him, I am feeling a bit scared.
From India, Mumbai
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Hi Sagar, I would suggest that you resign, serve notice and get relieved.
From India, Pune
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From India, Pune
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It is understood from the above postings and replies that at present you do not have a job on hand and would like to resign due to frustration. Therefore, it is advisable to search for a good job, serve the notice as per your employer's requirements, and exit with a clean record.
From India, Ahmadabad
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A notice of 1 month is standard practice Even if you have not got the appointment letter, notice period of a month is still valid and required It’s also a fair requirement.
From India, Mumbai
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Dear Mr. Sagar,
Most of the Shops & Est Act provide for such notices, for example, the Delhi Shops & Est Act provides for one month's notice after three months of service. In the absence of any more favorable provision in the appointment letter or in the event of no appointment letter, these provisions will apply and will be binding.
I do not know the place of your work; so I cannot comment specifically. I am giving a general reply.
From India, Delhi
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Most of the Shops & Est Act provide for such notices, for example, the Delhi Shops & Est Act provides for one month's notice after three months of service. In the absence of any more favorable provision in the appointment letter or in the event of no appointment letter, these provisions will apply and will be binding.
I do not know the place of your work; so I cannot comment specifically. I am giving a general reply.
From India, Delhi
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Dear Mr.Sagar,
There is mentioned in Appointment letter about notice period it means how much period you should work after submission resignation. As per your words you have not signed in any copy.
If you need your salary for worked days and releving documents etc you should complete your notice period and it is the advisable. If you leave the company without serve the notice period you are not expect the salary releving benefits etc..
Thanking You,
Best Regards……
Subba Raju.N
From India, Hyderabad
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There is mentioned in Appointment letter about notice period it means how much period you should work after submission resignation. As per your words you have not signed in any copy.
If you need your salary for worked days and releving documents etc you should complete your notice period and it is the advisable. If you leave the company without serve the notice period you are not expect the salary releving benefits etc..
Thanking You,
Best Regards……
Subba Raju.N
From India, Hyderabad
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Thank you to all for the suggestions.
Also, finally, my boss had a frank conversation with me. We discussed and sorted out that for my protection, another junior developer will be hired, and I will guide the way of implementation of the application. I agree with this decision. Additionally, he requested me to complete several complex tasks whenever I find the time, to avoid any complications, and I also agreed to this.
So, finally, he understood some of my problems, and I agreed to finish this project by guiding and providing some complex code to the junior developer. All of this was done without any force.
One thing that lingers in my mind is that at the end of our discussion, he strongly insisted that I should not leave under any circumstances. Although it was not going to be easy, I don't know why he insisted that I work on all other tasks, including the new project, with an incremental salary and all.
From India, Mumbai
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Also, finally, my boss had a frank conversation with me. We discussed and sorted out that for my protection, another junior developer will be hired, and I will guide the way of implementation of the application. I agree with this decision. Additionally, he requested me to complete several complex tasks whenever I find the time, to avoid any complications, and I also agreed to this.
So, finally, he understood some of my problems, and I agreed to finish this project by guiding and providing some complex code to the junior developer. All of this was done without any force.
One thing that lingers in my mind is that at the end of our discussion, he strongly insisted that I should not leave under any circumstances. Although it was not going to be easy, I don't know why he insisted that I work on all other tasks, including the new project, with an incremental salary and all.
From India, Mumbai
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