Now that I am undergoing my notice period, just wanted to analyze the purpose of the same and the plight of every employee who is under notice period.
Well, as you are aware through my earlier blogs that I have finally put in my papers at my current organization. I was supposed to join the new office from 15th Mar 2010, I had asked my current management to relieve me within 15 days against the 3 months of actual notice period. But citing policy as the rule , I was asked to serve at least 1 month notice and pay back 2 months basic salary to company . I tried my level best to get myself relieved before 15th so that I can actually join the new company. The Hr management was very strict. They were not willing to bend rules for anyone and I was asked to stay in company till 31st Mar 2010. I was left with no option but to convince the new company to allow me to extend me another 15 days time to join over there. Now any company would want their new talents to join ASAP. Now this new company too wanted me to join max by 15th Mar 2010 itself. I somehow managed to convince them to provide me with 15 days time to join them by 1st of Apr 2010.
What is Notice period and why it is served by employee opting to resign?
The answer is simple. Any company would want their employee to serve notice period since they would want him or her to hand over responsibility smoothly to another person when they leave but in my case my decision of moving out itself was because I did not have proper Roles and Responsibilities over here, Which means that I did not have anything important that needs to be handed over to anyone and could have been relieved well before 15th Mar 2010 itself as I was ready to pay for complete 3 months notice period.
Now coming to second topic, how pleasant is the Notice period? Well for me at least it is something which is very unpleasant. I did not know that a person who is under notice period is technically out of the company and would be treated same like an outsider. This was much evident from a small incident that took place last Friday. There is an in-house journal printed every quarter for the region and I had also given some contribution for the same. The next journal was due for printing in Apr 2010. Last Friday, all employees gathered together at office and the list of contributions from Chennai employees was displayed. To my surprise my name was not listed in the same. When I approached the concerned Co-ordinator to confirm the same, I got a blunt reply like "Now that u have resigned, technically speaking your contributions would not be printed”. Now I completely accept with it, one cannot print a contribution given by a resigned employee. But my question is why my name was not listed in the list of contributors irrespective of the fact whether my contribution would go for the print or not. The worst part is that I had given my contribution only after two days of my resigning and the same could have been rejected then only.
Treatment from colleagues:
By the time, one puts his paper; he is cornered to a certain extent by his own colleague who would have had coffee and lunch with him. A small conversation between me and my colleague would throw some light on the same.
Colleague: IS your company bidding for spectrum.
Myself: Sir, off course our company is bidding for the same
Colleague: I was asking about your company, Rocky?
Myself: I am also talking about my company only
Colleague: I was asking about new company?
Myself: I am very much part of this company till 31st Mar 2010.
Now this simple conversation would have highlighted the kind of embarrassment I would have faced at that point of time.
If serving notice period means that an employee is technically out of the company, then why is he made to serve one even if he is willing to pay against notice period?
Is it not duty of the HR to ensure that proper treatment is to be given to such person till his last day of working? We all speak about ethics and but no one follows it including me.
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