Navigating Career Challenges: How to Handle Missing Relieving Letters and Background Checks

I feel bad to post my query, which has been confusing and threatening me for a couple of years. I could not ask anyone personally, so I came here.

Termination and Service Letter Issue

I have been wrongly terminated on the spot for proxy attendance by my previous employer (A) by giving a termination letter. No notice period. No resignation. After many requests and pleas, I got a service letter & F&F settlement.

Current Employment Situation

Now I am working in another company (B). As they asked for a relieving letter, I told them I don't have it, but the HR informed me to produce it later as it's an urgent requirement for their client. It's been a year with no issues related to this as I performed well and got good feedback from the client.

Future Employment Concerns

Now I am planning to switch to another company (C), but companies nowadays are asking for the current company's (B) offer letter (which I can provide) & the previous company's (A) relieving letter (which I do not have and could not get).

Questions and Concerns

- Am I properly relieved from company (A)?
- How could I convince my new joining employer (C)?
- Are my service letters considered as relieved?

Service Letter Format from Company (A)

"To whomsoever it may concern,

My ID details and duration of work, designation, etc.

We wish XXXX success in sustaining and achieving higher levels of excellence."

Background Verification Concerns

What will be the feedback from my problematic previous employer (A) in the BGV check?

Note: I have a service letter & F&F settlement letter (A) where they mentioned as Remarks = Clear Exit.

Regards.

Greetings,

Your document and its language are rightly in place. However, what worries you is the personal feedback. Here's what I would suggest: do not depend on the documents alone. Find someone from that organization who can vouch for you. During your interview, when you are being asked about your past performances, mention specific projects that you delivered, along with the names of the leaders to whom you reported.

Any client feedback is best presented in writing. Keep a copy of all the positive feedback received.

Once you have established yourself enough with your prospective employers, keep them posted on whom to take the feedback from, as there might be changes in who handles what responsibility in that organization.

Hope this helps. Our experts would guide you with a lot more insights on how to resolve this.

Wish you all the best!

With due respect to the opinion of the Super Moderator, I have the following opinions:

Background Verification Process

A) Generally, background verification is done with the last previous employer, i.e., it would be Employer (B) in this case.

B) The service certificate of the previous employer (A) seems to be a normal positive one.

C) The present employer (B) did not find or receive any adverse remarks about him from the previous employer (A), as in any case, they might have conducted the exercise.

D) The present employer (B) is satisfied with his performance and might provide a good report in the case of any such verification by the prospective employer (C).

E) The personal feedback, which is generally informal, with two levels of the previous employer may depend on the specific nature of jobs only.

Hence, I feel he may not face any problem. However, in my opinion, the act of proxy attendance is a serious indiscipline attracting severe punishment. You should not indulge in such activities in the future.

Best of luck.