Thank you all for your valuable suggestion.
Well, since most of you needed some clarification regarding the 'certain reasons' of my resignation and unwillingness to serve the notice period, i would like to elaborate my present work situation.
I work for small organization, that does not even have a HR. There are number of areas related to employee benefits and other regulations where there is no proper written guidelines, and those things precisely depend on the mood of my employer. Different treatment to different employees for the same situation is not very uncommon. However, as i was in good terms with my employer (and also my ignorance related to the HR related issues, as it is my first job) and i kind of liked my job, i had never discussed these with him.
In the last few months i suffered from poor health condition and also felt mentally exhausted and less productive due to long work hours (on an average its 12-14 hours a day). I tried to communicate in vain. So i resigned. My boss just verbally accepted that, and did not communicate anything regarding the exit procedure. After that, i am burdened with too much work, and being taunted on every single issue. He also accused me of hiding things during the appraisal, though in reality, i started mentioning about my health conditions and mental exhaustion from February. Extreme stress of the situation was my reason to for a shorten notice period. I did not refuse a proper handover as well. However, there was no written communication with my boss about the short notice period.
in the last few days, it was communicated by my seniors that he would not provide any release letter and make life hell for that person (another colleague of mine has also resigned). they also told me how he made ex-employees suffer for the balance salary and release letter, and did not provide any thing at all to few who served even for more than two years. I have worked here for 2 years 10 months precisely and cant take a chance with something that may jeopardize my career. now I have no other option other than serving my notice period.
However, still new projects are being allotted to me and there is no communication regarding the project handover, despite asking about it in writing. Ankita and Govind, you guys mentioned about handover of the project which may suffer in the respective employees' absence. Our Company is highly under stuffed and i have got no clue if my employer is looking for my replacement. Our projects usually take 1.5 - 2 months to be completed. can my employer under any circumstance, force me to complete the new projects? Also, m worried that even if i successfully manage to serve my notice period (i know it might sound immature, but i have my limitations to accept things i don't deserve), my employer will delay (or worse, refuse) my salary and release letter. Please suggest how i can handle this. M so much under pressure at the moment.
My appointment letter is at present at my home in kolkata. will post the exact clause of notice period shortly. And thankfully, i have all my academic records with me.
Thank u all once again for your time and consideration.
Best wishes,
Tania