Originally posted by Ulf Dittmer:
I'm curious: Are those letters all the (prospective) employee has? Is there no contract that gets signed by both sides, and which spells out all the details of employment? And if there's no contract, do those letters constitute evidence in a court of law (in case it ever comes to that)?
Yes the offer letter does specify the terms and conditions of employment. HR will hand over the letter and ask for signed copy on the spot. The candidate will have to sign there itself without even reading.
some companies do give time to read and sign. The salary of course would have been conveyed before