(Rant) The 90-day notice period is a joke
I've been hiring for my team at EY lately and it is an absolute nightmare.
In the US, you give two weeks. In China, 30 days is maximum by law. In India? We hold people hostage for a quarter of a year. It makes zero sense. (my company does too - and i am against it because it fucks me over too!)
The hypocrisy is insane. HR expects candidates to join "immediately" or "within 15 days," but when an employee wants to leave, they point to the contract and say 90 days is non-negotiable.
THIS IS WHY INDIAN EMPLOYEES ARE ALWAYS OFFER SHOPPING!! Why do TA teams not realize this?!
A candidate accepts an offer on Day 1. They now have 89 days to interview elsewhere. By Day 85, they ghost you because someone else offered a 30% hike. And honestly? I don't even blame them. The system forces this behavior.
Meanwhile, the exiting employee has mentally checked out. They are just logging in and doing the bare minimum. You aren't getting a "smooth handover"; you're paying for three months of dead weight.
It’s inefficient, it’s toxic, and it needs to go. 30 days is enough. Anything more is just an ego trip for the management.
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That and while during job search most companies reject the ones just because of the 90 days notice period
Our Indian laws are shit and politics, governance is an absolute joke
Yap labour laws are a joke. They don't protect bonded workers like us.
the maximum notice period is specified by the government, while employees are forced to follow it, Companies themselves throw out their employees on the road without following any notice period regulations, Our 56 inched, Non-Biological, Narander has no interest in our wellbeing
I feel like a failure stuck in 90 days notice period...none of the companies are even scheduling interviews. I am 4+ yoe with 10.5 lpa and I have lot of rent and loans.....I am not having money to eat outside also. One samosa also feels expensive 🫰
No solution only....
Life filled with stress and unhappiness
Dude I'm on notice period, everyone used to hang up after hearing 90 days. But I've also seen some people who were able to get multiple offer letters during the notice period
Ahh It never was a democracy to begin with.. criminals took all the power at the start of 'democracy' and started calling themselves as politicians. Laws are unjust? Who cares... what less can they do of criminals.
