Facing Pressure to Resign and Salary Withheld: How Should I Handle This Situation?

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Rajnikant, and I work as an Area Business Manager in pharmaceutical sales. For the past 15 days, my sales manager has been pressuring me to submit a resignation letter with a one-month notice period. When I refused to comply, he withheld my salary for the month of August. He insisted that I must serve the notice period before he would release my August salary.

Moreover, for the past two days, he has been avoiding my phone calls. I am unsure of what steps to take next.

Could you please guide me on how to proceed in this situation?

Thank you.

Understanding the Situation

Is there more to your query? Why is the manager asking for your resignation? He is asking for the resignation while requesting a notice period to be included? Why? What are the reasons for such a demand? If the salary is on hold, have you spoken with your HR or the top management of the company? Why are you not involving them to resolve this matter? Why are you only calling your boss and not the HR or his boss in the head office? Come clean with the entire episode so that any fruitful solution can be found. Based on the current query, I feel that the boss is actually doing a favor in asking you to resign. So, if that is not the case, then you need to provide all the facts and figures.

Regards,

Dear Sir, my company is very small, where only one person can handle the HR & Admin Department. When I asked him about my salary, he told me that he was instructed to put my salary on hold by my sales manager. He also mentioned that without his permission, he can't release my salary. The sales manager is requesting my resignation because he stated that the company is facing financial problems and needs to cut costs by reducing staff. Additionally, my director is blackmailing me, insisting that I submit my resignation before my salary can be released. I find myself stuck in this difficult situation. Ashutosh sir, please kindly guide me. Thank you.