I worked for a company for 4 months and the contract says that variable bonus shall be paid quarterly on performance basis, There is no mention of bonus not being paid on termination. The company played a trick of shitting down my department just two days before the second quarter, It emotionally blackmailed that we should not ask for anything if we want a good reference check for next job. My question is if I could ask for my Variable bonus and whether the HR can spoil my reference check. There is no mention of bonus not being paid on termination. Also in lieu of notice period they have paid only basic salary as written in the contract but we want full salary as they have tricked us into leaving and shutdown due to their fault of not being able to manage that they have mentioned in their letter.