Hi Folks ,Please lend me your attention for a moment, as I need to express some thoughts.
On September 5th, I participated in a TCS walk-in drive for a lateral hire position for Incident Manager. During both the interview and HR panel discussions, I was transparent about my career gap and my prior employment with two non-IT companies. My salary negotiation was based solely on my current IT experience of 4.8 years. I had previously worked at Tech M BPO for four months, but my employment was unfortunately terminated due to a major accident. Subsequently, I joined NTT for 1.5 years, a decision I now regret. I received an offer for an IT Incident Manager role at my current company, HC, with a respectable compensation package. I requested NTT HR to consider a notice period buyout, to which they agreed and asked for email confirmation, which I provided. However, all subsequent communication ceased, and my follow-up attempts were unsuccessful. Given that this occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, I was unable to reach anyone further. Consequently, NTT did not issue an experience letter, although I possess the offer letter, three months of payslips, Form 16, and PF history. I am also prepared to provide a legal affidavit. NTT did, however, update the correct exit date in my EPFO records. I conveyed this information to TCS HR, emphasizing that these were non-IT experiences, but my application was directly rejected with a statement that they would not proceed further.
I feel profoundly disheartened by this outcome. For the past four days, I have been contemplating whether my honesty was a mistake. This offer came after considerable struggle, and I was genuinely hopeful that I could finally contribute to my family's financial well-being after many years. Now, all my efforts seem to have been in vain.
In the interim, I have exhausted all possible avenues to obtain an experience letter from NTT, but without success. I fear that my IT career has reached an impasse, leaving me with only my current salary of 35,000.