Hello,
I am a software developer working in an MNC company A from May 2017 and since I already had my US H1B visa from previous employer, company A decided to transfer in under their name and decided to depute me on an overseas assignment. Before initiating the visa processing they asked me to sign an employee undertaking which binds me to work with the same company for 2 years.
Now, after travelling to the US in April 2018 and worked with the company A for almost a year I had quit because I got a better offer from Company B in March 2019. Now the company A has sent a letter asking to pay 10,000 USD or 7 lakh INR as I broke the agreement. If not, they would initiate legal action against me.
Please advise what options do I have and can I not pay the recovery amount. Are these still valid to bind an employee?
As I broke the agreement in US is this agreement still uphold in India?
Vamsee
