Hi :
A lot of IT companies collect the original relieving letters from the new joinees and return back as per the timeframe specified.
I think there is nothing illegal in this kind of practice but from the employee perspective initially it may appear unusual.
If the software company you propose to join is a well-know establised organisation you do not have to fear about loosing the certificate etc. Typically there are a lot of certificate forging cases prevalent including relieving letters hence companies apply this mechanism to control forgery.
I have worked for one such company in HR and we used to collect the relieving letter as a part of the recruitment process and we would return the same at the time of relieving the employee. This was to control uninformed exit.
A lot of IT companies collect the original relieving letters from the new joinees and return back as per the timeframe specified.
I think there is nothing illegal in this kind of practice but from the employee perspective initially it may appear unusual.
If the software company you propose to join is a well-know establised organisation you do not have to fear about loosing the certificate etc. Typically there are a lot of certificate forging cases prevalent including relieving letters hence companies apply this mechanism to control forgery.
I have worked for one such company in HR and we used to collect the relieving letter as a part of the recruitment process and we would return the same at the time of relieving the employee. This was to control uninformed exit.