Stuck Without an Experience Certificate: How Can I Secure My Career Documents After Resigning?

Relieving Letter & Experience Certificate

After resignation, I left my job within 10 days. My resignation was accepted by management. But they want me to complete the notice period for two months. Due to unavoidable circumstances, I quit within 10 days. I have a signed accepted resignation letter with me.

After one month, they wrote a letter and sent an email asking me to come for clearance. I went there at my own expense and paid my dues from my side.

Now, they are not ready for full and final settlement and are not even providing the relieving and experience letter. They have started the process for PF and superannuation. During my visit, I obtained clearance from all departments; however, only the HR manager has not signed. I have been requesting them for the same until now.

Do I have the right to ask them for the relieving and experience letter? I believe that the relieving and experience letter is imperative for my career. Now, please suggest what could be the right path to get the certificates.

Regards

Hello.

Many people make such mistakes as you have done. Let me ask a few things and clarify a few others.

1) After how many years of service (job) did you resign?
2) Were you working in HR or in some other department?
3) What were the reasons for you to resign?
4) What were the reasons for you to not complete the notice period?

Kindly be informed that Superannuation is retirement, and this you get only if you are in that age group.

If there is a mention of a two-month notice period in your appointment letter, then you are bound to serve that notice. It is entirely at the discretion of the management to waive off your notice period. It is not your right. If one department is not giving you clearance, it means something is pending from your side. Possibly you have not done a proper handover and take-over, and one fine day, after submitting your resignation, you decided not to go to the office. That is not the way companies work. Whatever might be the circumstances or situations, you were expected to follow a certain process which you have not done. This is the minimum expected professionalism from any employee.

The right way is to speak to the concerned head. Ask him what is pending from your side, complete that, and then request the person to give you the required documents.

Thanks and Regards,
Sanjeev

Dear Pamish,

As Sanjeev has rightly said, every employee is expected to serve the notice period given in the appointment/confirmation letter. It is only the right of management to waive off the notice period. The best way that is left out now is to request the HR Manager/Head for the clearances, settlement, and letter and explain clearly about the situation because of which you had to leave (have email proofs of it).

Mistakes happen; whatever has happened has happened. Still, you can ask for the letters as you have completed the process, at least after the notification from them; there are many who do not turn up even after the notifications.

Don't give up; keep following up and get your letters. All the best.

Regards,
GVS