Dear Seniors,
I am writing with great expectations. I have a small recruitment consultancy, and we are operating from Gurgaon. I sent an empanelment invitation to a recruiter who had posted a requirement for a consultancy. She contacted me, and we started working together. I asked about the contract, but she kept telling me that she was busy with recruitments and once she was free, she would do the formalities. It was my first assignment, and she sounded genuine; therefore, I did not pressurize her. However, she sent me an email confirmation, but that was from a Gmail account. They selected my candidates after taking a minimum of 2-3 rounds for each candidate. In her email, she had mentioned a 3-month replacement guarantee. In the meantime, some candidates left, one was terminated, and still, four continued. Even after that, I kept sending candidates as required by her. Now, whenever I asked about the payments, she started telling me about some issues happening in their company. After following up for 6 months, I contacted the CEO of the company. He knew about my work through that HR. Initially, he said that I would be paid, but afterwards, he started avoiding me. The last time I contacted him, he only asked if I had signed the contract and was not ready to make the payments.
I understand it was my fault to trust someone like this and not get the contract signed. I am feeling cheated and would like to ask seniors here, based on the email confirmation and offer letter of the candidates, can I take any legal action?
Please do reply.
Thanks & Regards,
Rajni
From India, Mumbai
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2I am writing with great expectations. I have a small recruitment consultancy, and we are operating from Gurgaon. I sent an empanelment invitation to a recruiter who had posted a requirement for a consultancy. She contacted me, and we started working together. I asked about the contract, but she kept telling me that she was busy with recruitments and once she was free, she would do the formalities. It was my first assignment, and she sounded genuine; therefore, I did not pressurize her. However, she sent me an email confirmation, but that was from a Gmail account. They selected my candidates after taking a minimum of 2-3 rounds for each candidate. In her email, she had mentioned a 3-month replacement guarantee. In the meantime, some candidates left, one was terminated, and still, four continued. Even after that, I kept sending candidates as required by her. Now, whenever I asked about the payments, she started telling me about some issues happening in their company. After following up for 6 months, I contacted the CEO of the company. He knew about my work through that HR. Initially, he said that I would be paid, but afterwards, he started avoiding me. The last time I contacted him, he only asked if I had signed the contract and was not ready to make the payments.
I understand it was my fault to trust someone like this and not get the contract signed. I am feeling cheated and would like to ask seniors here, based on the email confirmation and offer letter of the candidates, can I take any legal action?
Please do reply.
Thanks & Regards,
Rajni
From India, Mumbai
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While I fully sympathize with your predicament, there is no easy way to get your grievance redressed. You have realized your mistake in trusting an unknown party and have learned an extremely valuable lesson. Even if "litigation" is possible, it would prove extremely cost-prohibitive. I suggest for your consideration that you may write this experience off as a bad dream and an example of "high-cost learning." Start afresh and leave this experience behind so that it will not contaminate your present and future. All I would say is that the world is a good place, and people like this are an exception that one can do without! Don't waste too much time and talent over this issue. Instead, use your positive energies for moving forward. Admittedly, it is easier said than done, but that is the best way out of your predicament!
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Samvedan
From India, Pune
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Samvedan
From India, Pune
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I agree with the reply by Samvedan, and I know you have left this episode behind. But since you are well off professionally, I advise you to engage a lawyer who will put legal pressure on the CEO of the company through the woman who sent the email. File reports against both. If you can put enough pressure legally and show that you can destroy their reputation online and otherwise, your money will come sailing home.
Think about it and act. I would not advise the same to someone who has just started out and is finding it difficult to keep going. This will be a lesson to cheats like them since you may actually stop a rerun on some other hapless victim; otherwise, they will have a free run destroying many more morals. It is always the lucky who must fill in for the unlucky ones.
Anyway, the choice is yours. All the best.
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Robin
From India, Delhi
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Think about it and act. I would not advise the same to someone who has just started out and is finding it difficult to keep going. This will be a lesson to cheats like them since you may actually stop a rerun on some other hapless victim; otherwise, they will have a free run destroying many more morals. It is always the lucky who must fill in for the unlucky ones.
Anyway, the choice is yours. All the best.
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Robin
From India, Delhi
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I am not surprised at all with your response. I am impressed. You are demonstrating professional and personal maturity and sagacity to put the unpleasant experience behind you and to move on. I want to state quite unequivocally that the world at large does not conform to your unfortunate experience. Your experience was an oddity and not worth pursuing. It is better to learn a lesson and enrich yourself. I am impressed precisely for that. Keep moving to realize your dreams. If I can be of any assistance at any time along the journey, I will be glad to assist (within my own areas of competence)!
Cheers & Regards,
Samvedan
January 14, 2015
From India, Pune
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Cheers & Regards,
Samvedan
January 14, 2015
From India, Pune
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Thank you for your response. This is something I wanted to do with the same intention. The CEO does not realize he is my LinkedIn contact, and I could do a lot to defame him. But to be honest, I will not do it. Thinking about this issue has already burnt enough of my energy, which I could have channeled to grow my business. Mine is a startup, and it requires a lot of work and patience. Also, whoever reads my post would not commit the mistake which I did. Thanks again!
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I basically wanted to know if there is anything like a consumer forum, where justice is easy and quick. Being a mother of a one-year-old kid and my business, which is my second baby, will not give me that much time to fight for it.
Thank you! You have already taken time to understand and reply to my query. Keep in touch. I definitely require professional guidance for my venture. Please share your email id if possible.
Thanks for your appreciation :)
Regards
From India, Mumbai
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Seeking Quick Justice
I basically wanted to know if there is anything like a consumer forum, where justice is easy and quick. Being a mother of a one-year-old kid and my business, which is my second baby, will not give me that much time to fight for it.
Thank you! You have already taken time to understand and reply to my query. Keep in touch. I definitely require professional guidance for my venture. Please share your email id if possible.
Thanks for your appreciation :)
Regards
From India, Mumbai
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