Feeling Stuck in a Job Bond: How Can I Safely Transition Without Legal Trouble?

I am working in the IT industry. This is my first job. I had signed a bond for 1 year, and if I break the bond, I have to pay 1 lakh. I need to break the bond because the position I am working in will not count as experience. It's in sales, just making calls and fixing up meetings. I don't find any interest in it. Due to this bond, I am scared to find a new job. As I am a fresher, I didn't know anything and am frustrated.

Seeking Advice on Bond and Legal Concerns

Please suggest what I should do. I really don't want to continue, and I am scared they will take legal action against me. I'm not in a situation to pay the compensation money. They have taken my final year original certificates too. Is this legal in India? They haven't spent any money on my training.

Please suggest ASAP. I need your help.

Regards

First, you need to calm yourself. Just approach them and make them understand that you are not satisfied with the position they have given you. Ask them to fulfill your desires so that you can perform at your best.

Best Regards,
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Dear prisingh,

I am working in the IT industry. This is my first job. I had signed a bond of 1 year, and if I break the bond, I have to pay 1 lakh. I need to break the bond because the position I am working in will not count as experience, and it involves sales, just making calls and fixing meetings. I don't find any interest in it, and due to this bond, I am scared to find a new job. As a fresher, I wasn't aware of these conditions, and I am frustrated.

Please suggest what I should do. I really don't want to continue, and I am scared they might take legal action against me, and I am not in a position to pay the compensation money. They have also taken my final year original certificates. Is this legal in India? They haven't spent any money on my training.

Please, please suggest what I should do. I need your help as soon as possible.

Dear prisingh, be cool. Let me know your position in the organization. Irrespective of your designation, I suggest you face the challenges in your professional life; don't give up. Even if you move to another organization, you cannot guarantee it will be a good place to work. This situation may repeat, and leaving organizations early can have a negative impact on your career. Think about your role in the organization and the best efforts you can make. If nobody establishes a path to achieve the vision of the organization, define it yourself, make a path, and move forward as others follow you.

Further to what Hitesh Arora and bharadwajasa1 mentioned, suggest looking at it this way. You haven't mentioned your educational background, but since you say you are in the Sales department, I presume you have this background. Even if you joined another company or later in your career, communication skills are of prime importance these days, irrespective of the job/role, especially for the Sales line. These days, many deals/orders are clinched through the telephone rather than face-to-face visits, which are more of a formality. Given these future job necessities, the role presently assigned to you is very apt for developing this skill. Also, please remember that such soft skills can be developed at any time in a career, but not many get that chance once they gain an experience level of more than 1 or 2 years, as a lot of focus and pressure will be on targets from that stage onwards for the rest of the career span.

Addressing Your Query

Coming to your actual query, a 1-year bond isn't much. If you refer to the many postings in this forum, you will find that 2 years is, by and large, the de-facto period. I am also not sure I agree with your line: "THE POSITION I AM WORKING WILL NOT BE COUNTED AS EXPERIENCE." How did you arrive at this conclusion when you don't even know where you will be working in another year from now? For all you know, it may be in a role where the skills you gather in this role will be what you will need to use then.

In a nutshell, just stick to this job until the bond is completed while picking up the skills it offers. Look for the positive side of a situation now or later in your career.

All the best.

Regards,
TS