Demanding due from previous employer

I have mailed to my previous employer asking him for the dues.
Like my bench salary and my security money.

I am still waiting for him to reply. It has been 4-5 business days. If I do not get any reply in 2 days then i will again mail him, this time making CC to some of him employee how are working in the office.

Because, many a times he has give a lousy excuse of not mailing that the mail went into spam. As if it depends on the the email client whether to send an email in Inbox or in spam.

Lets see what response I get. I will keep blogging for the updates.

This time I am determined that I will complain to DOL, for those who don't know here is the WH4 form. filling this form launches a formal complain to the DOL ( Department Of Labor)

http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/forms/fts_wh4.htm

Some tips for H1B.

Most of the consultant companiws you will find will be Desi. If know nothing then this may come as a surprise: if you are thinking that you will have a good treatment because you an Indian... forget it. This is america, expect the worse to happen.

In fact you will find the Goras to be very friend-full and they understand most of our problems.

I am all writing this because we (I and my Wife) had some the very bitter incidences. I am sure there are ppl around who really had a good time in USA and working on H1B. But I was not that fortunate.

I would say that part are my own mistakes. Mistakes like "Believing them blindly", Not getting things in writing, etc.

So my fellow friends, do bear this in mind that;

Always and always get everything is writing. And ask them if there are any "hidden *s" conditions applications things. Like in my case, my employer made a verbal promise that they will give me salary on bench, but they never did and when I protested they gave me this * (Star). "Since the economy of USA is not good, we will not be able to pay you." I was taken back, they never told me this hidden clause.

well, I did not got Air Fare too. When I was in India they told be that they will refund this in 3 months.

When I asked them, after 3 months, to refund my air fare then they told me 3 months FROM the day I got my project. hmmm Ok... so i asked them after 3 months of my project they said they will refund will the next pay stub. Btw, it never came. And in the last, and the BEST.

After all this they said, "Now we have changed the rule, we will be giving the Airfare after 1 year of your project."

For those who done know:

1. Giving money for your own H1B is unlawful. I came to know this only after 1-2 months after landing in USA.

2. I am not sure about the Airfare, I guess this is the responsibility of the employer too.

After reading this everyone whats to know the name of my employer right... Well I am not sure If i write him name.. but let me tell you, the Consultant Comapany is located in Edison, New Jersey (NJ). and It has got a couple of awards like NJBIA and NJBIZ.

If you are from Immigration or from Labor department and reading this then please be informed that most of us are ignorant of the laws of H1B. Yes this is our mistake that we do not do research and we trust our employer of what they verbally say and commit.

Back to Pavalion

I am writing this on Nov, 11th 2008. Exactly 1 month after my project got over. Please read in this context.


Hi All

I am in the dressing room again.

My current job is getting over this week. I really enjoyed my work, actually there was not much work. We were a team of 4. My main work was on generating reporting. Work was cool.

My manager was a female, and u know wht.. Yes r u right. The most ridiculous manager seen in my life, yet. She did not know nothing, all she was best was at Micro Management. When are you coming and going, lunch timings. etc. Although she was trying her best to learn the things.

A team member, the senior most, was one day coming at 9.05AM. She raised her eyes and said "You are late today!". He never went at 5 06 6. Always used to stay back for work. And my manager, I named her Gangu Bai. Gangu Bai never stated till 5.00 PM.
She was very of her citizenship.

Any how, i do not want to criticize her much.

The senior team mate was very cooperative and supportive, otherwise it would have been a bitter affair. My Super Manager said since we do not have much work for Q4 and Q1 2009 next year, we are not extending the project. We also had a new full time employee, i guess that was the reason that my project did not extended.

Anyways, let see when is my next venture.

When my project got ver I was under the impression that My employer will give me onbench salary(which he promised before we came to india and also he HAS to pay by law), BUT I got a call from him that "We will not be able to pay you on bench.".

This is just bull shit, how can they back off from their promises. Actually all these desi conpanies will do like this. He gave me reasons like US economy going down, etc all that crap.

The time I was into job then never all good, but I was on bench, they shows their real face and breed. I was really sick.

My company also help my airfare, my security money and now they will pay be just 10 days of my salary....

Guys, i sometimes see the USA is a sweel net/cage where we all come to earn in tons. But this is all the bull shit that going in parallel.

Please do the background check of the company that you are going to join. My company has a comple of certificates like "Winner of 2007 NJBIA Awards for Excellence in the Job Creation Category" and "Winner of 2007 NJBIZ New Jersey's Finest Award" honoring 50 Fastest Growing Companies in NJ". I do not know how they managed to get these, but I am sure these institutes also did not had a good background of the companies.

PLAY SAFE.

My project ended and my wifes also, how is this world will we survive?