I got an offer from a new company with a joining date of 1st July 2024. I have now resigned from my current organization with the last working day on 28th June 2024. However, the new company's HR informed me that due to some organizational rearrangements, the joining will happen on 1st August 2024. This means that in the month of July 2024, I would have already been released and sitting idle at home. Can I ask the new company's HR whether they can compensate me for this time period?
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Dear Sachin,
Once the offer letter is issued to the candidate selected for the job, both the company and the candidate are expected to honor the offer. Neither party can rescind. However, your company has unilaterally extended the date of joining, and you have no option now but to accept it willy-nilly.
Can you ask for compensation?
Your question was whether you could send a letter to the company asking for compensation for the extension of the date of joining. Yes, you can do so, but when you initiate the communication, do not ask for compensation in the very first instance. Acknowledge the receipt of the email/letter and inform them that your last working day at your existing company is June 28, 2024, and from the next day onward until July 31, 2024, you will be without a job. Express your concern about the gap that will be shown in your CV.
Wait for a reply from the future company. They are expected to write something to justify their decision to extend the joining date. In the next email/letter, write to them that you have financial obligations to meet and a one-month gap in earnings could disrupt your financial planning. Do not use the word "compensation," but ask for a "reparation allowance." The tone of the letter/email should convey your request rather than a demand.
Dealing with the current company
By the way, if your future company were sensitive about honoring commitments, notwithstanding the losses suffered, they would have taken you on board. The extension of the date of joining shows that they are tight-fisted.
In the meantime, reach out to the HR of your existing company and send them feelers. In the first attempt, do not show your eagerness to extend your stay in the company. Just ask them about their efforts to arrange a replacement. By chance, if they are unable to find one, then project that you are doing a favor to them by extending your stay and that it is not out of your personal need.
Alternative actions if both attempts fail
By chance, if both attempts fail, then do not allow dissatisfaction to overwhelm you. Use the time to maintain physical fitness, take some technical courses, develop soft skills, etc.
Thanks, and I wish you all the best!
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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8071Once the offer letter is issued to the candidate selected for the job, both the company and the candidate are expected to honor the offer. Neither party can rescind. However, your company has unilaterally extended the date of joining, and you have no option now but to accept it willy-nilly.
Can you ask for compensation?
Your question was whether you could send a letter to the company asking for compensation for the extension of the date of joining. Yes, you can do so, but when you initiate the communication, do not ask for compensation in the very first instance. Acknowledge the receipt of the email/letter and inform them that your last working day at your existing company is June 28, 2024, and from the next day onward until July 31, 2024, you will be without a job. Express your concern about the gap that will be shown in your CV.
Wait for a reply from the future company. They are expected to write something to justify their decision to extend the joining date. In the next email/letter, write to them that you have financial obligations to meet and a one-month gap in earnings could disrupt your financial planning. Do not use the word "compensation," but ask for a "reparation allowance." The tone of the letter/email should convey your request rather than a demand.
Dealing with the current company
By the way, if your future company were sensitive about honoring commitments, notwithstanding the losses suffered, they would have taken you on board. The extension of the date of joining shows that they are tight-fisted.
In the meantime, reach out to the HR of your existing company and send them feelers. In the first attempt, do not show your eagerness to extend your stay in the company. Just ask them about their efforts to arrange a replacement. By chance, if they are unable to find one, then project that you are doing a favor to them by extending your stay and that it is not out of your personal need.
Alternative actions if both attempts fail
By chance, if both attempts fail, then do not allow dissatisfaction to overwhelm you. Use the time to maintain physical fitness, take some technical courses, develop soft skills, etc.
Thanks, and I wish you all the best!
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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