Hi Seniors, please advise me on how to come out of this situation. What should my friend do in such a situation?
One of my friends was with a reputed IT services company for over 5 years. While joining, he submitted a fake pay slip as his company had no bank accounts and no payslip (a fixed amount was given in cash). He was a very good performer in his project, and the company even retained him when he put down his papers 6 months ago. A few months ago, when one of his team members got terminated for a similar offense, he became very conscious of his mistake and informed his supervisor of his mistake 5 years ago and immediately sent his resignation. Since my friend is one of THE BEST in the team, his supervisor assured him that nothing would happen and he would be pardoned. He even accepted his resignation by mentioning the last working date and also mentioned that he would be serving a 2-month notice and would do the knowledge transfer. After one and a half months, when the knowledge transfer was done, his supervisor didn't do anything, and after some time, the company did a background check and questioned my friend. Then the HR issued a relieving letter stating his experience and also stating the reason for exit as – misrepresentation of facts while joining.
Now my friend is depressed. What should he do?
Should he tell the truth or not while attending interviews with other companies? Will he be able to get another job?
From India, Bangalore
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One of my friends was with a reputed IT services company for over 5 years. While joining, he submitted a fake pay slip as his company had no bank accounts and no payslip (a fixed amount was given in cash). He was a very good performer in his project, and the company even retained him when he put down his papers 6 months ago. A few months ago, when one of his team members got terminated for a similar offense, he became very conscious of his mistake and informed his supervisor of his mistake 5 years ago and immediately sent his resignation. Since my friend is one of THE BEST in the team, his supervisor assured him that nothing would happen and he would be pardoned. He even accepted his resignation by mentioning the last working date and also mentioned that he would be serving a 2-month notice and would do the knowledge transfer. After one and a half months, when the knowledge transfer was done, his supervisor didn't do anything, and after some time, the company did a background check and questioned my friend. Then the HR issued a relieving letter stating his experience and also stating the reason for exit as – misrepresentation of facts while joining.
Now my friend is depressed. What should he do?
Should he tell the truth or not while attending interviews with other companies? Will he be able to get another job?
From India, Bangalore
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Divya,
It would be better for him to mention what happened in the past while attending the interviews, since he needs to justify why his relieving letter contains "misrepresentation of facts while joining" as a reason for exit. I wish him all the best in his job search.
Rgds, Ram
From India, Hyderabad
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It would be better for him to mention what happened in the past while attending the interviews, since he needs to justify why his relieving letter contains "misrepresentation of facts while joining" as a reason for exit. I wish him all the best in his job search.
Rgds, Ram
From India, Hyderabad
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