I have an important question / concern. Kindly throw some light on this:
I read a old news article from 2006 on some sites which says that Nasscom is going to create a list of employees who accept offer but don't show up. On a positive side, the purpose of this was to protect the interest of the employers in the increasing instances of candidates accepting multiple job offers and choosing one and not even informing the other companies and simply not showing up on the joining date.
https://www.rediff.com/getahead/2006/aug/23job.htm
https://vinaytalwar.blogspot.in/2006/08/nasscom-creating-list-of-no-show.html
This list was supposed to be accessible to Nasscom member companies.
Quote from the news: "This list can be accessed by all major companies to check for any such behaviour by candidates in the past. Such candidates may also be blacklisted, making it difficult for them to work for reputed companies in the future."
I will be very frank about the specific concern I have here.
I have worked in a reputed IT Giant for approx 5 years before I decided to make a switch. I got two offers again from another very reputed company (A) and other one from a reputed but relatively smaller company (B).
Both gave me same joining date and I got the better offer from A after getting the first offer from B. It was based on this offer only that I had resigned from my previous company and while I was serving the notice period, I received the second offer from A. Both were very good offers and after lot of thinking and considering everything, I decided to join A.
I could only inform B couple of days before the joining date over phone that I won't be able to join now but did not find it morally right to say that I am joining another company. So, I said due to some personal reasons and issues I won't be able to join now. They said OK and will contact me for some future joining date.
I joined A and still working there.
B tried to call me (no mails) a few times over next 1 month but to be honest I did not have a good answer for them and I did not answer their calls.
I generally keep getting calls from potential employers frequently. But, over the last couple of month's I just noticed no reputed Employer calling me.
Now, My concern is (though it just can be coincidence and things my mind is cooking up to freak me):
- Is there really such a list?
- Could the Employer B whom I did not join, have added me to such a list?
- Is there anyway I can rule this fear / concern out.
- I am very much focused on my career and it is not that I am immediately looking for a job change now, but just want to make sure there is not going to be any such issue in the future due to this. Should I be concerned about this entire episode in any manner?
- I accept there is a small wrong doing on my part that I did not very properly inform B that I won't join them and am joining another company, but it was just out of a sense of guilt.
- Even if there is any such list, can I in anyway get to know if my name is there or not.
Kindly suggest. Thanks.
Edit: Now having done a little bit of research on related things on the internet, I see opinions suggesting:
- Nasscom doesn't facilitate any official blacklist
- But, employers put negative comment in some cases like absconding etc.
- Some suggest, there is an internal list shared by major / tier 1 companies
But, all these most likely are applicable for employees who joined the company and later did not comply to the policies in some manner.
My case is a bit different - Not joining!