From “I’m done here” to surviving notice and day 90. Three questions, and you have your dates.
Three questions
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The offer on the table
Real hike
The CTC jump versus what actually reaches your account each month.
Variable reality
What your monthly in-hand looks like if variable pays 0, 50 or 100%.
Bonus clawback
You received the joining bonus net. Leaving early, you typically repay gross.
ESOP reality
Perquisite tax at exercise, the vest schedule, and whether the paper is actually liquid.
Relocation
What actually changes in-hand when the same CTC moves city — professional tax and HRA, not a fake cost-of-living index.
Fake offer scanner
Deposit asks, free-mail recruiters, lookalike domains — plus EPFO and MCA lookup links.
Bond scanner
Paste the bond, non-compete or probation clause. This flags patterns — it is not a court.
The money on the way out
Notice buyout
What it costs to leave before the notice is served — or what they recover from F&F.
Gratuity
Are you eligible, how much, and which date flips you over the line.
Leave encashment
On resignation or retirement, leave encashment is exempt up to ₹25,00,000 under s.19(1) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.
F&F checker
Recompute a full-and-final sheet: unpaid leave, notice recovery, gratuity, and whether you may owe them.
Two Form-16 shock
Two employers both gave you the slab benefit. One return has to put them together.
What you have to write
Manager conversation
What to say when you resign in person — a supportive room, counter-offer risk, or a hard room.
Expected CTC
When the recruiter asks for a number before they share the band.
Early release
Ask current HR/manager to shorten notice.
Buyout ask
Confirm basic vs gross and the /30 divisor in writing.
Decline after yes
Withdraw an acceptance without turning it into a negotiation.
Counter-offer reply
Close the loop with your current manager in writing.
Recruiter follow-up
A one-mail nudge after a promised timeline.
Counter-offer
The rupee gap versus the outside offer, plus the non-rupee reasons people stay — and the honest stay-rate warning.
Handover doc
A structured KT note you can paste into mail or a doc.
Relieving chaser
Day 7, 14 and 30 mails if the relieving letter has not arrived.
When the new offer goes quiet
What to do when the new company goes quiet during your notice period.
Mask text (not a photo)
Mask Aadhaar, PAN, UAN, phone, email and rupee amounts on this device before you screenshot a payslip or offer.
Clause library
Plain-English readings of clauses that show up in Indian appointment letters. Not legal advice.
Landing at the new job
EPF transfer
Form 13 online, unmarked date-of-exit, KYC mismatches, and why withdrawing early is usually the expensive move.
BGV prep
What a background check will see — gaps, dual PF, a pending relieving letter — and what to pack, by company type.
Insurance gap
Group cover ends on your last working day. Count the uncovered days until the next employer’s policy starts.
Tax declaration
What to tell the new employer: regime, HRA proofs, and the Form 16 that arrives after you have left.
Notice tracker
Dates and a checklist: F&F, asset return, insurance end, PF date of exit.