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Number notes

What that HR mail means in numbers.

Short explanations built around the same boxes you use on HikeBoard.

Work Days

Hours per day 9 not 8

If one workday is 9 hours, divide total hours by 9 rather than the common 8-hour default.

15/6/2026
Hike Offer

Two increments in same year

Two percentage increments apply one after the other and should be compounded, even within one year.

29/8/2025
Notice Period

I put notice 90 by mistake

Changing 90 notice days to the correct written value can move the estimated last day by several weeks.

3/6/2025
Salary Bits

Fixed 40,000 variable 8,000

Fixed 40,000 plus variable 8,000 is 48,000 on paper, but the variable part may not be paid every month.

17/8/2024
Salary Bits

Monthly 52,000, annual CTC

A monthly figure of 52,000 becomes 624,000 a year, or 6.24 lakh, when multiplied by 12.

1/11/2023