I am working in an IT industry. This is my first job. I had signed a bond of 1 year, and if I break the bond, I have to pay 1 lakh. I need to break the bond because the position I am working in will not count as experience. It's in sales, just making calls and fixing up meetings. I don't find any interest in it. Due to this bond, I am scared to find a new job. As I am a fresher, I didn't know anything and am frustrated.
Please suggest what I should do. I really don't want to continue, and I am scared they will take legal action against me. I'm not in a situation to pay the compensation money. They have taken my final year original certificates too. Is this legal in India? They haven't spent any money on my training.
Please suggest ASAP. I need your help.
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Please suggest what I should do. I really don't want to continue, and I am scared they will take legal action against me. I'm not in a situation to pay the compensation money. They have taken my final year original certificates too. Is this legal in India? They haven't spent any money on my training.
Please suggest ASAP. I need your help.
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Hi,
First, you need to calm yourself. Just approach them, make them understand that you are not satisfied with the position they have given you. Ask them to fulfill your desires so that you can perform at your best.
Best Regards from my side.
Om Sai Ram.. Jai Nirmal Ram!!
From India
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4First, you need to calm yourself. Just approach them, make them understand that you are not satisfied with the position they have given you. Ask them to fulfill your desires so that you can perform at your best.
Best Regards from my side.
Om Sai Ram.. Jai Nirmal Ram!!
From India
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Hello prisngh,
Further to what Hitesh Arora and bharadwajasa1 mentioned, suggest looking at it this way.
You haven't mentioned your educational background, but since you say you are in the Sales department, I presume you have this background. Even if you joined another company or later in your career, communication skills are of prime importance these days, irrespective of the job/role, especially for the Sales line. These days, many deals/orders are clinched through the telephone rather than face-to-face visits, which are more of a formality. Given these future job necessities, the role presently assigned to you is very apt for developing this skill. Also, please remember that such soft skills can be developed at any time in a career, but not many get that chance once they gain an experience level of more than 1 or 2 years, as a lot of focus and pressure will be on targets from that stage onwards for the rest of the career span.
Coming to your actual query, a 1-year bond isn't much. If you refer to the many postings in this forum, you will find that 2 years is, by and large, the de-facto period.
I am also not sure I agree with your line: "THE POSITION I AM WORKING WILL NOT BE COUNTED AS EXPERIENCE." How did you arrive at this conclusion when you don't even know where you will be working in another year from now? For all you know, it may be in a role where the skills you gather in this role will be what you will need to use then.
In a nutshell, just stick to this job until the bond is completed while picking up the skills it offers. Look for the positive side of a situation now or later in your career.
All the best.
Regards,
TS
From India, Hyderabad
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Further to what Hitesh Arora and bharadwajasa1 mentioned, suggest looking at it this way.
You haven't mentioned your educational background, but since you say you are in the Sales department, I presume you have this background. Even if you joined another company or later in your career, communication skills are of prime importance these days, irrespective of the job/role, especially for the Sales line. These days, many deals/orders are clinched through the telephone rather than face-to-face visits, which are more of a formality. Given these future job necessities, the role presently assigned to you is very apt for developing this skill. Also, please remember that such soft skills can be developed at any time in a career, but not many get that chance once they gain an experience level of more than 1 or 2 years, as a lot of focus and pressure will be on targets from that stage onwards for the rest of the career span.
Coming to your actual query, a 1-year bond isn't much. If you refer to the many postings in this forum, you will find that 2 years is, by and large, the de-facto period.
I am also not sure I agree with your line: "THE POSITION I AM WORKING WILL NOT BE COUNTED AS EXPERIENCE." How did you arrive at this conclusion when you don't even know where you will be working in another year from now? For all you know, it may be in a role where the skills you gather in this role will be what you will need to use then.
In a nutshell, just stick to this job until the bond is completed while picking up the skills it offers. Look for the positive side of a situation now or later in your career.
All the best.
Regards,
TS
From India, Hyderabad
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