Resigned then transferred to another department without documentation - now leaving company

I was working with a Pvt. Ltd. Company for one year in the stock department. Due to some irritations, I resigned and was serving the notice period. Then I was verbally offered a transfer to another unit of the company. I accepted and started working in another unit's account department, which was new for me.

I accepted every task as a challenge and tried to give my 100 percent. Three senior Accounts officers were on leave, and I was overburdened with work, but I continued to do my best. There was no training system in place; they expected a new employee to work as an account professional even though they knew I did not have an Accounts background. Initially, I was supposed to work as an account assistant.

I was overburdened with work, and one day a petty cash difference was found. My duty was only to reconcile the notebook inward and outward with the Excel sheet, which I did, and there was no difference. I sent my daily report and left with the HOD's permission. The next day, the HOD scolded all three of us for the discrepancy found. The main person responsible for handling petty cash, her assistant, and I were reprimanded. The HOD mentioned that the amount would be deducted from our salaries. I objected because I was not at fault; the difference was discovered after I had left the office when the petty cash handler and HOD cross-checked the amount. I felt very uncomfortable being scolded in front of all the staff for someone else's mistake.

Three days before this incident, I had an upset stomach. The next day, I took a week's leave, informing them through messages and calls.

After this incident, I decided not to continue with the company. I emailed them about my decision and requested them to complete my departure process. Since I had already resigned from the previous unit and served the notice period, I did not choose to resign from here because they did not provide me with a transfer letter or any documents regarding my joining in the account department.

Now, they are refusing to pay for my hard work and are insisting that I should have resigned and served a notice period. Please suggest what I should do now.

Appreciate your hard work and efforts. But one must not make decisions in an emotional manner. Once you join back, a fresh notice period commences. You need to tackle things in a mature manner and deal with issues in a different way. If there was no difference in cash, proof should have been presented professionally. A certain amount of heated discussions do take place when problems arise. One cannot quit so easily. Now, you should remain calm and talk to the company, requesting an honorable exit.

Thank you, Sir, for the quick reply, but I was not provided with any document of joining or transfer letter in the account department. Two new candidates also left the company on their 3rd day because of similar issues. So I did. If my joining was not on papers, then how could I resign? Even I don't know my designation. Kindly suggest.

If any employee doesn't receive any letters, especially without a designation, before their first salary, then the company does not have the right to question the employee. The employee can legally take action against the company for such actions.

If an employee prefers not to deal with the hassle of legal proceedings, they can choose to leave and find employment elsewhere. In this case, the company does not have the right to initiate legal action.

Thank you.

Dear Shabana,

You could have approached this forum when you transferred from the Stock Department to the Accounts Department. As such, you had been transferred with verbal orders. However, you could have put in an application asking for reinstatement to the Stock Department. You never asked for a written transfer order.

There is nothing wrong with considering working in the Accounts Department as a learning opportunity. However, the timing was not right. There was no need to prove your learning attitude while on the notice period.

Lastly, you stopped reporting for duties because you were unwell. Even after your recovery, what was the need to abandon your duties? You could have completed your notice period. Instead of abandoning your duties, you could have submitted an application for the restoration of your position in the Stock Department, citing what occurred in the Accounts Department as grounds for restoration.

Your only option now is to approach your company in person and speak with the HR department. Do you have another job lined up? If not, ask HR whether they would be willing to let you complete the notice period. Finish the notice period and tie up any loose ends.

Another option is to request HR to provide a Service-cum-Employment certificate until your last working day. For the sake of this certificate, you may need to forgo a portion of your salary. Consider this as the consequence of abandoning your duties and move forward.

Thanks,

Dinesh Divekar

Thank you all for sharing your kind guidance.

Thank you

Dinesh Sir,

Please explain the partial salary. How much is it?

Thanks

Dear Anonymous,

Foregoing part of the salary means giving up the salary for the days during which you did not serve the notice period.

Thanks,

Dinesh Divekar