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CSo my friend graduated btech in June 2024. She was selected by a IT company through camps placements in Nov 2023. They initially announced that onboarding would be in July 2024.
By June they announced that they have to delay onboarding to November due to market conditions. The selected people waited for the time being and hoped to do some skill development courses for the time being.
By July end here comes another mail saying that the onboarding would further be delayed to 6 months. They waited again and hoped for any reassurance from the company’s side. Time went on and no communication from their side. By this time some of the candidates had started to search for other options for employment and others looked for studies abroad.
My mid March 2025 here comes a positive news that the onboarding date was fixed for 30th May. Since this company had good reputation in the industry and options within the industry also being limited everyone was eager to join. Some quit their existing jobs to rejoin with the said company. Also the pay for freshers like my friend wasn’t bad either. So everyone booked tickets, arranged accomodations and planed everything out for our big day.
But today, May 8, she received a mail from the HR stating that they’re delaying onboarding indefinitely stating a reason that sounded like it was generated by ai. They were given 2 options.
One where they would cancel the offer and give a compensation amount (<20% of ctc) for the inconvenience.
Two they can choose to keep the offer alive until they decide a good time for the onboarding. But after may 2026, the offer will relapse anyway and they won’t be eligible for a compensation.
Any idea if this could be dealt with legally. Almost 60-70 candidates have been affected.
TL;DR.
Company gave offer. Delayed onboarding twice. Caused a career gap of 10 months. Can we approach this leaglly
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