I was offered a job by an organization in January under certain conditions:
1. A contractual agreement of 2 years against a monetary compensation to be paid by the employee to the employer for specialized training given to the employee, in case the contract is breached.
2. The contract also states that an employee will be on probation for a period of 6 months and continue to remain on probation at the sole discretion of management unless confirmed in writing by management.
3. After confirmation, if the employee decides to breach the contract before the contractual period, then they will have to serve a 3-month notice.
The appointment letter with the stated conditions was given to me 5 months after employment. Since I did not have any other job in hand, I had to sign the paper out of necessity. Also, I had to submit my original documents as part of the commitment.
At the end of last month, I submitted my resignation based on my medical condition, stating that while traveling to the office, I had met with an accident in which I injured myself. Since then, due to daily bike travel, my injury has worsened to the point that my daily commute on my bike to the workplace is causing a lot of inconvenience to me. Out of concern for my personal health, I am regretfully resigning from my role in the organization.
Promises Made by the Organization
The promises given by the organization verbally were that:
- I would be given specialized training for a period of six months to ensure my performance and learning since I was new to this line of work.
- My salary would be reviewed after 6 months.
In reality, I was put on a project 2 weeks later, despite informing them that I didn’t have the necessary technical competency to be made responsible for a project. I never received proper support from my manager, and the same was conveyed to management earlier in a separate discussion. Secondly, there is no formal training program in the company, so I did not receive any kind of training. Also, the management is now saying that they never committed to any salary review after 6 months, against which I asked them to present my interview file on which it was clearly written, which they seem to have misplaced.
Current Situation
Now, as per my recent discussion with management, I was informed I would have to serve notice until the end of this month (becoming a 5-week notice against a usual 1-month notice) to ensure proper handover of responsibilities. I documented all the call-outs of the meeting in an email and forwarded it to all involved. Against this, the management now states that this information is not true and that I will have to serve as per all of my contractual conditions, and the end of this month is only subject to those conditions. This information was not conveyed to me during the meeting. Also, the management has never discussed any matter of monetary compensation in any of our discussions to date.
I also have another opportunity in hand with home pickup and drop facility, which is basically the best solution for me considering my condition, for which I have also committed a date based on the information shared above.
Seeking Advice
It is clear to me that I am being harassed and very stressed out, as I feel this problem might cause me to lose the new opportunity as well. I need some advice on what course of action I should pursue to ensure this does not pull me down professionally and to know if I am in the safe zone here in this scenario. Can I do something that can bring closure to this mental torture, or should I just keep quiet and bear it until the end of this month? I also came to know that management has informed the accounts department to put my last month’s salary on hold, and I am also not sure if management will give me any relieving and experience letter or even return my original documents to me.
Regards
1. A contractual agreement of 2 years against a monetary compensation to be paid by the employee to the employer for specialized training given to the employee, in case the contract is breached.
2. The contract also states that an employee will be on probation for a period of 6 months and continue to remain on probation at the sole discretion of management unless confirmed in writing by management.
3. After confirmation, if the employee decides to breach the contract before the contractual period, then they will have to serve a 3-month notice.
The appointment letter with the stated conditions was given to me 5 months after employment. Since I did not have any other job in hand, I had to sign the paper out of necessity. Also, I had to submit my original documents as part of the commitment.
At the end of last month, I submitted my resignation based on my medical condition, stating that while traveling to the office, I had met with an accident in which I injured myself. Since then, due to daily bike travel, my injury has worsened to the point that my daily commute on my bike to the workplace is causing a lot of inconvenience to me. Out of concern for my personal health, I am regretfully resigning from my role in the organization.
Promises Made by the Organization
The promises given by the organization verbally were that:
- I would be given specialized training for a period of six months to ensure my performance and learning since I was new to this line of work.
- My salary would be reviewed after 6 months.
In reality, I was put on a project 2 weeks later, despite informing them that I didn’t have the necessary technical competency to be made responsible for a project. I never received proper support from my manager, and the same was conveyed to management earlier in a separate discussion. Secondly, there is no formal training program in the company, so I did not receive any kind of training. Also, the management is now saying that they never committed to any salary review after 6 months, against which I asked them to present my interview file on which it was clearly written, which they seem to have misplaced.
Current Situation
Now, as per my recent discussion with management, I was informed I would have to serve notice until the end of this month (becoming a 5-week notice against a usual 1-month notice) to ensure proper handover of responsibilities. I documented all the call-outs of the meeting in an email and forwarded it to all involved. Against this, the management now states that this information is not true and that I will have to serve as per all of my contractual conditions, and the end of this month is only subject to those conditions. This information was not conveyed to me during the meeting. Also, the management has never discussed any matter of monetary compensation in any of our discussions to date.
I also have another opportunity in hand with home pickup and drop facility, which is basically the best solution for me considering my condition, for which I have also committed a date based on the information shared above.
Seeking Advice
It is clear to me that I am being harassed and very stressed out, as I feel this problem might cause me to lose the new opportunity as well. I need some advice on what course of action I should pursue to ensure this does not pull me down professionally and to know if I am in the safe zone here in this scenario. Can I do something that can bring closure to this mental torture, or should I just keep quiet and bear it until the end of this month? I also came to know that management has informed the accounts department to put my last month’s salary on hold, and I am also not sure if management will give me any relieving and experience letter or even return my original documents to me.
Regards