This is a free guide, not a sales pitch — if you'd rather have a ready-made file, we sell an offer letter template for ₹149 and an appointment letter template for ₹199, but everything below is useful on its own.
An offer letter is sent before someone joins — it is a conditional offer, usually subject to document verification, background checks, or medical fitness. It is not yet a full employment contract.
An appointment letter is issued on (or shortly after) the person's joining day, once any conditions in the offer are satisfied. It is the fuller document: detailed terms of employment, probation, notice period, confidentiality, and so on.
Using only one document for both purposes is a common mistake. If you only send an "offer letter" and never follow up with proper appointment terms, you may have no written record of probation length, notice period, or confidentiality obligations once the person has actually joined — these are much harder to add in retrospect if a dispute arises later.
If you're hiring and need both: offer letter template, ₹149 and appointment letter template, ₹199.
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