How Can I Resolve Being Marked as Absconding Despite Having a Relieving Letter?

Dear Sir, I have a similar case. I worked in an organization for 2 years. In that organization, they have 2-year bonds for the freshers, so you cannot resign in between those two years. I wanted to leave as soon as my bond was over for some personal reasons. Therefore, I informed my PM and HR via email that I would be leaving at the end of my bond period around one and a half months ago. However, my PM did not provide me with resources for KT. At the end of my bond period, I resigned with only 3 days' notice. At that time, my PM asked me to serve an 8-week notice period, which I was unable to comply with. Consequently, I left the organization, and HR marked me as absconding.

After about a month, I contacted my organization again and requested my relieving letter and experience letter. My PM forwarded my case to the legal department of the company. The legal department completed my Full and Final settlement, provided me with the relieving letter and experience certificates, and also facilitated my PF and Form 16. I believed that the issue was resolved. Subsequently, I worked in another organization for 3 years, during which nothing negative emerged in my background check. I also pursued my MBA for 2 years. However, upon joining a new organization after 5 years of leaving my first company, I discovered during the background verification that my status was recorded as absconding in my previous organization.

My new organization is hesitant to confirm my joining. Could you please advise me on how I can proceed to join the new company? Will I encounter difficulties in working with other companies in the future? Is it appropriate for my previous organization to label me as absconding?

I appreciate your guidance on this matter. Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely
Regards

You can join the new company provided you get the relieving letter and the related records in your past company corrected. You can request the HR to elaborate on what happened when you left 5 years ago. They would then check with your Project Manager and update the records accordingly. Also, press your request with the PM under whom you had worked while leaving the company. They can recommend the correction to the HR.

If this is not happening, please talk to the HR of your current company and explain to them how the ABSCONDING remark came about. Ask them if they can discount those days shown as absconding and reduce the period from your experience. Hope one of these helps. You need to request them as if you are doing it for dear life. Surely they would consider.

Regards,
Jean Walter

Thank you for the reply, sir. I tried to convince my current company. They agreed to give me joining, but they will keep your background check report red. This will be a quick option as my case will be closed. Another option they told me is that I will give them the DD number which I sent to my previous organization for full and final settlement. Then they will check with their vendor to reverify it again. They will give me joining and keep my case as in progress status. There is a chance that my report will come as green. I am confused about these choices; is there something I need to know in this?

They also told me that in the previous company, HR said that they issue service certificates to all, even to absconding people, but he refused to verify my service certificate.

Please reply ASAP. Thank you.

Thank you, sir, for your earlier reply. I have taken option 2 and sent HR my DD number. I am waiting for my HR's reply.

Issue with Client Background Verification

However, I have another issue. I am now assigned to a project for a banking customer. According to the client policy, they require a BV check and all the documents I previously submitted to HR. I discussed my BV check problem with HR and my Manager. I explained how, due to not serving the notice period, I was marked as absconding in my first company. Although I have all the final settlement documents, my Manager suggested letting them conduct the BV check and addressing any issues that may arise later.

I am concerned about the seriousness of client BV verification compared to company HR verification. What should I do, and what are the potential outcomes? Could I lose my job in this scenario? Please provide guidance as I am feeling very tense. Despite finally getting clearance after persuading my company HR for so long, the BV check issue has resurfaced.