Concerned About Resignation Dates on Relieving Letter? Here's My Dilemma and Need for Advice

I had been working for a company "X" for the past few years. Due to the work environment, I resigned from my organization. I submitted a resignation letter on the same day (Sep 20). I asked my employer to waive my leave against my notice period of one month and provide me with a relieving letter dated Oct 22nd. In the meantime, I looked for a job in a different organization, and they have offered me a position. They have requested my relieving letter.

Now, the problem is that I went for the interview after my resignation, and I have not informed my new company that I had resigned. The new company has asked me to join on Oct 24. The relieving letter from my old company clearly states that the resignation date is Sep 20 and that my relieving date is Oct 22. Will I face any problems during the submission of my relieving letter? Kindly help me out with this.

Thank you.

My advice to you is not to hide any facts from your next employer. Your current company is correct where the date of resignation is 20-Sep and the relieving date is 22-Oct, and they produced the actual letter. Now you have two choices:

1. Take the experience certificate where your Date of Joining (DOJ) and Date of Leaving (DOL) are mentioned and produce it to your next employer instead of the relieving letter. (If they do not insist on the relieving letter, a few organizations accept the experience letter if the current company is not providing a relieving letter).

2. Explain to your next employer all the facts and produce the relieving letter. (Since you have kept them in the dark, wait for their reaction and approach).

Regards,
BrainLight HR Solutions

According to the information you have provided, there doesn't seem to be any issues as long as you are joining them on the mentioned date and providing them with the relieving letter. In case a question is raised when you submit the letter, do provide them with the desired information; otherwise, there's no need to panic.

Wishing you all the best with the new job.

Best regards,
Nisha

Leave Adjustment and Notice Period

You can't ask for an adjustment of leave against the notice period. Please remember that the purpose of asking an employee to give notice (30/60/90 days, as per the policy of the company) is to find a suitable replacement.

As far as leave balances are concerned, these can be paid off (as per the company policy) during full and final settlement.

Employees who leave without notice, merely because they have a good job offer at hand, have to consider themselves responsible for the punitive action taken by their previous company (as per their HR policies).

Hi, thanks to all of you for your replies!

@Brain Light HR Solutions, I hid this fact from the new organization because I think it's not good to mention in the interview that I have already resigned and then started looking for new jobs.

@Nisha, I also expect that there should not be a problem in joining.

@BK Bhatia, I am not leaving my current organization without serving the notice period. In fact, I am serving the full notice period. The only concern is that I have not informed the new organization that I resigned early and then started looking for new jobs.

My only concern is that my new job should not be canceled due to this.

Regards,

Like Nisha mentioned, I too don't see any problem—as long as you join on the said date. I think you are overly nervous for feeling, "My only concern is that my new job should not be cancelled due to this." You don't even need to mention this aspect from your end—that is NOT to say that you have to 'hide' this fact. It's just that you don't need to focus too much on it. Even if it does come up during your joining formalities, you can state it as a 'matter of fact', rather than being guilty or getting into the 'justification' mode. Hope you get the point.

Understanding Your Concern

Coming to your remark, "it's not good to tell in the interview that I have already resigned and then started looking out for new jobs"—I am not sure what you mean by 'not good'. This isn't a good or bad issue at all. In a way, it could also indicate your confidence level of landing a new job without much gap—if you can handle this aspect confidently.

Why Not to Resign Before Securing a New Job

However, the reason why it's not suggested to resign BEFORE one has a job in hand is this: Quite often, human nature being what it is, the mental frame of mind prevents the interviewee from negotiating well during the interview, given the subtle pressure he/she has due to the current lack of a job—leading to undersell yourself.

All the Best.

Regards,
TS