Okay, first of all, let me be very honest. I'm no HR. I am facing a situation and googled it to see if anybody has faced this situation before and landed up on this forum. I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'm sure this forum has very experienced HR professionals who can give me some advice.
I worked in a BPO for about 13 months and got an offer from a very big MNC. I accepted the offer and informed them about the 1-month notice period. They were okay with it. Everything seemed okay. I resigned from the existing job and was serving the notice period.
Hardly after 4 days of my resignation, the HR at the MNC called me up asking me if I can join immediately despite knowing the fact that I was serving the notice period. She said that she was not sure they would hire for the next 3 months if I missed the batch starting the next week. I thought I would be a fool to reject an offer from such a big MNC just because I cannot join them immediately. She asked me to come down to the office with a copy of my resignation email (not acceptance, I don't have an official acceptance. My manager accepted the resignation orally, he did not send me a reply). She then printed the resignation email and made me register post it to my existing company.
The background verification report said that I did not complete the relieving formalities and I was asked to explain it by my HR. I got in touch with the HR who hired me, and she explained my case to my HR and the case was closed.
I worked with this MNC for 27 months and now I have an offer with another reputed MNC and an opportunity to move into IT, instead of BPO. I have put down my papers and have every document needed to move on to my next job from my current employer. The thing that is eating me up is that my background would be verified by the company that I'm about to join. And there is going to be a finger raised at my first job as to why I don't have a relieving letter from my first employer.
What do I do now? Would my next employer treat this as an integrity issue and not allow me to complete the induction? Would they insist on relieving letters from all my previous employers? Can I speak to my first employer to see if they can give me a relieving letter (it's been two and a half years)? Do organizations consider such requests? I'm told that they might provide me a relieving letter but I would be asked to pay the last salary. Is this true? I would truly appreciate if somebody advises me as to what I can do to fix this situation.
I worked in a BPO for about 13 months and got an offer from a very big MNC. I accepted the offer and informed them about the 1-month notice period. They were okay with it. Everything seemed okay. I resigned from the existing job and was serving the notice period.
Hardly after 4 days of my resignation, the HR at the MNC called me up asking me if I can join immediately despite knowing the fact that I was serving the notice period. She said that she was not sure they would hire for the next 3 months if I missed the batch starting the next week. I thought I would be a fool to reject an offer from such a big MNC just because I cannot join them immediately. She asked me to come down to the office with a copy of my resignation email (not acceptance, I don't have an official acceptance. My manager accepted the resignation orally, he did not send me a reply). She then printed the resignation email and made me register post it to my existing company.
The background verification report said that I did not complete the relieving formalities and I was asked to explain it by my HR. I got in touch with the HR who hired me, and she explained my case to my HR and the case was closed.
I worked with this MNC for 27 months and now I have an offer with another reputed MNC and an opportunity to move into IT, instead of BPO. I have put down my papers and have every document needed to move on to my next job from my current employer. The thing that is eating me up is that my background would be verified by the company that I'm about to join. And there is going to be a finger raised at my first job as to why I don't have a relieving letter from my first employer.
What do I do now? Would my next employer treat this as an integrity issue and not allow me to complete the induction? Would they insist on relieving letters from all my previous employers? Can I speak to my first employer to see if they can give me a relieving letter (it's been two and a half years)? Do organizations consider such requests? I'm told that they might provide me a relieving letter but I would be asked to pay the last salary. Is this true? I would truly appreciate if somebody advises me as to what I can do to fix this situation.