My company is delaying acceptance to my resignation
The company haven’t paid us 3-6months of salary saying that there’s a delay in raising VC funds. They also didn’t pay TDS and gave us Form 16 for ITR.
I reached out to our client company where I worked briefly and they were happy to offer me a job there. I’m dangerously out of money in savings and it’s still uncertain in my current company about any funds. So I have given a early date to him because I really need their salary and joining bonus to survive actually. I thought I can immediately relieve from my current company as I don’t have finished projects and haven’t involve in new. But they are not responding to my calls and mail requesting for immediate resignation.
What should I do now ?
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Just leave tomorrow if it's too bad. They haven't paid you salary for 6 months, ffs.
Management can be notoriously shameless in such situations. This happened to a friend of mine in the past, very early on his career. He sent a resignation mail and expected that to do the job. His skip manger, who was supposed to approve this, was working off a different city pretended to not have received the mail at all when asked a month later.
His immediate manager never passed the information and later said “oh i thought you would have set up a call directly”
So my friend had to effectively do another two months there. Still, part of the blame is with my friend for not immediately contacting and following up.
I always keep the HR on loop. Mailing resignation to atleast 3-4 people(manager, dept head, HR, HR head), not all 4 can say we haven’t received email. And mention in the email itself that starting today is my notice period and my last day would be so and so(based on the notice period).
Have always served full notice period unless when laid off.
Leave tomorrow, I say ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Why even serve notice period?
^From a completely legal perspective, I'm of course not counting reasons like maintaining relationships, etc
Maintaining relationships? I tried but the CEO is ugly, he threatened to sue me over client solicitation which he’s making up.
I am from a small town so our family won’t like to book cakes and legal stuffs. My CEO knows that and scaring me with these words. I wanted to take legal actions once I get some money from my new employer.
If legally it’s alright. I’m determined leave here dictating my own terms and join the new company early.
Acceptance does not matter.
In your resignation email, I hope you mentioned “since I am resigning on x day, given the notice period, y will be my last date”.
If your company had fired you on mail and you didn’t accept, would you consider yourself not fired? The same applies here.
Imagine not paying an employee and on top of that, not allowing them to leave, and let them hang. Degen behaviour.
Threatening that he will put bad remarks in our experience letter.
Client gave him 10Crs, he burned everything in company, travel, and his new car. Cores engineers and architect all left except me coz I’m a fresher. Client project has been f-ed because he was unapologetic and rude with client. They activated a clause to recoup their 10Crs. This guy is saying he will take legal action against to collect 10Crs as damages because we didn’t do our work (code) well.
Thats fucked up. Do you still have work to do at the company?
The best options is: Email all the right people (manager, hr) that you are reigning effective immediately and as per contract your last date will be so and so. Ask for instructions to return company owned assets, etc.
Meanwhile try to arrange loan so that you can survive until you get pay check from next company.
This is basic. You can try other over this like:
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ask new company to give a joining advance given your situation, depends on your equation with them.
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You can also work on contract while serving notice period. This is not legal, but if current company does not know then it’s ok.
Another path is just email your manager that you are moving on as they have not fulfilled their contractual obligation of paying salary. Do you are leaving effective immediately. Add some masala in this email like a history of communication that salary will come and failing to do so, and etc. ask how you can return company assets. That’s it. Don’t even login or use the laptop. Remove company email from phone. Just answer phone calls if you get any. Don’t even respond to email or WhatsApp.
Remember, a company not able to make payroll will not have energy to sue one employee for leaving. They will threaten you, but if you get notice get a local lawyer to give return notice. This should take 10-15k max to start with.
Last option, just don’t work, don’t respond, keep laptop. Join new company or find another one.
Don’t be afraid. Someone is screwing with your life and family. Fight back.
Before you do anything, arrange capital for 3-6months for your family (may be mortgage gold, etc.). Have a peaceful mind and keep interviewing.
All the best.
Thanks man
Chodde bhai, kya notice period 🤦♂️ kitna bhola hai tu Rohit.
😂😂 Who is Rohit.?
Abb teko context bhi du 🤦♂️ koi milgaya dekhi hai?
Indian labour law treat employee as slave, company not paying to employees yet no action on them
Dunzo?
No, he said service based
Absconding enters the chat.....
Just them what real notice period means, motivate others to put paper down, reject any task they assign to you or give un reasonably long timelines for task.
They are not assigning me any task, just dragging the entire ship now into delay and letting anyone to get good.
I’m in trouble how come you escape and be good. Join me in my trouble, that’s the loyalty you show to company. If I were a shareholder I would atleast consider.
Send a reminder mail.....
Send a mail saying, I resigned on X day and X+30(LWD according to you) is my last working day. Keep HR, team lead, and other people in CC.
PS: Don't put efforts writing mail, let ChatGPT do it for you.