Doomsday Conspiracy Part I - The First Dosage of QPLC

Being an ardent investor in the stock market, I knew that Diapro stocks were doing exceedingly well that quarter. The value has increased by about Rs. 50/- in the last 2 months alone. And that was a good 15% growth.

As a Diapro employee, the first thing that struck me on seeing the stocks perform so damn well was – “Wow … My QPLC is going to be atleast a 150% assured amount this time!”

Boy-o-Boy … Was I in for a nasty surprise!

Pay day arrives; I see that there is no additional 7650 in the salary (Rs. 1700 * 3 * 1.5). But guess what – I was not surprised.

I had been working at Diapro for over 6 months now. And by this time, I had gotten used to receiving my salary on the 5^th of a month (justice be done – that issue was caused by a fault on TBI’s end), never receiving what I “expected” would be my salary for the month.

So, in a completely drunk stupor, I check my pay-slip, and this is what it looked like:

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DIAPRO TECHNOLOGIES

A Division of Diapro Limited

MONTH/YEAR  : JANUARY   2006                 ATTD   : 31

EMPCODE     : 111500                         PF NO. : KN/11394/007

NAME        : SHARATH KUMAR R                GENDER : MALE

LOCATION    : CHENNAI

MODE        : BANK                           A/c No.: TBI   - 30008960000         

LOAN BALANCE: 10000                          NETPAY : 17012         

EARNINGS          REGULAR        ARREARS   DEDUCTIONS

BASIC             5100.00           0.00   IT                 782.00

COMMUTATION        800.00           0.00   LOANS             2000.00

GRPALLW           5341.00        1650.00   MBS                  5.00

HRA               2040.00           0.00   MEDCLAIM           120.00

QPLC              5100.00           0.00   PF                 612.00

SPLALLW            500.00           0.00                  

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TOTAL:           18881.00        1650.00   TOTAL             3519.00

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Q3 QPLC ELIGIBILITY 

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MONTH                 ELIGIBILITY    

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OCT                    1700.00

NOV                    1700.00

DEC                    1700.00

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TOTAL(A)               5100.00

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Most Prominent Domain during the quarter : RETAIL

Diapro Technologies level achievement for the quarter Oct-Nov-Dec 05-06 is as below:

      Sales Achievement        :  97.41% 

      Profit Achievement       : 104.63% 

As per QPLC policy, QPLC for October is paid at guaranteed 100% of eligible amount.

Q3 QPLC PAID

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Oct 05      :        1700.00

Nov & Dec 05:        3400.00

Total QPLC  :        5100.00

I was left wondering, a company that outperformed every investor’s predictions, was reporting to the employees that they had not performed as per their targets?

This could be because - they were lying, or they had such unfeasible and impossible projections.

And in both cases – I had been robbed of the extra QPLC I was supposed to get – Period!

But heck, these grease monkeys at Diapro had a written agreement from me stating that I would take all the bloody punishment, humiliation, and torture and cheating that they would and could throw at me – and that too with a smiling face.

(If you’re wondering “What in the world is he saying?” well, that’s what the Corporate Policies of Diapro narrated!)

I knew I was trapped, and by now, I had realized that there was no point in making a hue and cry about it. Nothing could be done. I had learnt to accept it – Period!

With no emotions in particular, I continue my work (which even now consisted of googling for some hot supermodel or movie star)