what official notice do i need.....

yes....my commencement date is 1st november....but the letter of appointment is dated in august...that makes no difference??

from all your replies here, can i conclude that I resigned from Company A for NOTHING???

if that's the case, why the heck do i bother resigning in the 1st place??? i still think i am entitled for some compensation....

Anyway, i tried calling the MD, cannot get through....tried a few times also same....

No. You did not resign for nothing. You resigned because you believed that your new job makes a difference in your working life. Somehow, bad luck struck upon you and leave you unemployed.

heheh....yeah.......and that translates to NOTHING.......heheh......


in fact, i am gonna use ur reply as my argument to get compensation!....hehehe....if u dont mind me using it lah...

Or maybe it is blessing in disguise. Maybe there're invisible flying daggers around you waiting to stab in your back at your previous job

Anyway, go ahead. use it if you think it helps. Make sure you belanja me when or if you manage to get your compensation.

This post has been edited by goliath: Oct 18 2006, 04:35 PM

eermmm....kinda true also....the only difference is that the flying daggers are semi visible and i have a very hard shield in my defence.....

anyway, i really hope it works out the way i wanted it....

thanks for all your replies....an goliath...if it works out, i owe u roti canai!

No problem.

I favour murtabak kambing more

1) Actual Start Date is definitely not the same compare to letter of appointment date. You are only consider to be Company B's staff starting from 1st Nov. This is black & white written in your offer letter.
2) You decided to resign because your salary etc..offer by Company B is better compare to yr current company, unfortunately if they declare bankrupt...then you are "bad luck". I am sorry.
3) You are NOT entitled for "any" compensation if they declare bankrupt. They have right to owe anyone money once declare bankrupt. But in yr case, they don't even have to pay you a single cents because you have not even work with them for a single working day. Your friend might be worse than you, because might not get full salary pay by company B. Please go make yourself clear about what is "bankrupt". Example if a Bank declare bankrupt, the chance to get back your $$$ in your saving/current account is very low. But of course, bank negara will not let this happened.

Ok, let me conclude for you. Keep thinking of "fight for compensation" is really not wise at this moment. Stop dreaming, and start to look for next job opportunity. Unless your family got $$$ to support you for few months, otherwise take action to .....seek for job.

At the end, you are the one who responsible for your future.

This post has been edited by whoknows: Oct 18 2006, 10:44 PM

1st of all, i am not dreaming......if this is a dream, the company wont go bankrupt....and i am looking for a job already...

as i said in my earlier posts, getting compensation is really out of the question....but i still have the right to fight for it.......i might be wasting my time...but at least i have a shot.......

my friend is getting compensation from the company....but he is easy as he IS an employee.....so they can still pay salary to my friend.....

anywayz, i'll see how it goes.....

Its so sad to hear this. It must have been truly disappointing. Scam of the century.

it's not a scam......it is actually a small but reputable company in malaysia who's just got unlucky in september when something happened and a lot of the company's money went there....causing it to go bankrupt....

Well, your Offer Letter simply means you are offered the job and nothing more. To be able to claim anything at all, you have to be their employee (which in your case, you are not since you were scheldue to start on Nov 1). The only letter that proof that you are an employee is the Confirmation Letter/Employment Letter which you usually get after your probation period.

And since they declared bankrupt, they don't have to compensate you because they are broke and they have the right to not pay you anyway.

Just go and start searching for job instead of fighting a losing battle.

This post has been edited by feyhime: Oct 19 2006, 12:24 PM