I received an offer letter from the company, where the date of joining was different. I have replied to HR for the modification of the joining date. It's been more than 3 days, and there is no reply from HR. I sent an email asking for updates, but no luck. What does it mean? Normally, how much time does it take for HR to reply? And if HR doesn't reply, what should I do?
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From India, Bangalore
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Dear Colleague,
Normally, joining dates are indicated in advance to the candidate and later formalized in letters of appointment. When you do not accept the offer received by you in full, it becomes a conditional acceptance and therefore it means you have not accepted as such. Your conditional acceptance is not binding on the firm. If the firm accepts your condition, you are lucky. Otherwise, if you peruse the letter wherein there will be a clause that (a) if the offer made by the firm is not accepted by the candidate within a defined date mentioned in the letter of offer and/or (2) in the event of the failure of the candidate to join on or before the specified date, the offer made to the candidate will be deemed to have been automatically withdrawn or canceled.
We have to be very careful in handling the letters of appointment received by us. Every clause has to be read carefully and understood and acted upon without fail.
I do not know why you could not have talked to HR over the phone before you sent an email requesting a change in the date of joining.
Even now, you should make an attempt to talk to HR over the phone and elicit their response urgently.
R. Sundararajan
From India, Madras
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13Normally, joining dates are indicated in advance to the candidate and later formalized in letters of appointment. When you do not accept the offer received by you in full, it becomes a conditional acceptance and therefore it means you have not accepted as such. Your conditional acceptance is not binding on the firm. If the firm accepts your condition, you are lucky. Otherwise, if you peruse the letter wherein there will be a clause that (a) if the offer made by the firm is not accepted by the candidate within a defined date mentioned in the letter of offer and/or (2) in the event of the failure of the candidate to join on or before the specified date, the offer made to the candidate will be deemed to have been automatically withdrawn or canceled.
We have to be very careful in handling the letters of appointment received by us. Every clause has to be read carefully and understood and acted upon without fail.
I do not know why you could not have talked to HR over the phone before you sent an email requesting a change in the date of joining.
Even now, you should make an attempt to talk to HR over the phone and elicit their response urgently.
R. Sundararajan
From India, Madras
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