Need advise on notice period

I’ve been with Persistent for just over 3 years, drawing a CTC of ₹4.7 LPA (around ₹30 K/month take-home), and frankly, I feel horribly underpaid given my experience. I’ve finally landed a solid offer elsewhere with a much better package—but Persistent insists on a 90-day notice period. They agreed to wait, but 90 days is a lifetime in this fast-moving market.

I’ve tried so far, all dead ends:

Buying out with paid leaves: Offered to burn all my accumulated leave balance to shorten the notice, but HR shot it down.

Requesting an early release: Asked my project manager to just let me go, since I’m not tied into any critical deliverables—no luck.

Negotiating on grounds of mismatch: Explained that the tech stack and project I’m on don’t align with my new role at all. They don’t care.

I’m almost out of bullets. What other “weapons” can I deploy to reduce that 90-day wall? Some ideas I’ve toyed with:

Stop picking up new tickets and let my backlog build up until they cave.

Daily persuasion show up every morning to beg/plead. Politely refuse to work once I hand in my resignation.

But I’m not sure if these are too drastic or if they’ll just get me blacklisted in HR. Has anyone successfully negotiated a shorter notice at Persistent (or a similarly rigid firm)? What tactics actually worked—legal buy-outs, escalation, leveraging policy loopholes, etc.?

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GoofyNugget
GoofyNugget

I would suggest that you don't burn bridges in your current company. You have already requested all the concerned people, just gave a bit of patience and spend this time learning about stuff.

SleepyBurrito
SleepyBurrito

Put in papers. Search aggressively. By the time 90 days gets over, you'll have an offer in hand.

Thoda toh risk lena padega. Nahi toh 90-day chakkar me you'll be a Persistent retiree.

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