Why Am I Eligible for Bonuses and Leave but Not a Salary Increment? Seeking Advice

I have been working with G2 Solution India Pvt. Ltd. in Noida, U.P. from July 2008 to April 2012. Subsequently, I rejoined the same company from February 2013 to September 23, 2013, and for the third time from January 2014 until the present. During my initial tenure, my salary was paid via vouchers. However, during my second and third stints, the company provided me with an ESIC and PF policy, in line with their new employee benefits scheme. I also availed my PF during my second tenure.

During my third term, the company maintained the same policy, including bonuses and paid leave based on my previous workdays/years. However, despite being eligible for bonuses and paid leave, the company has not granted me an increment. They have indicated that I am only eligible for bonuses and paid leave, not an increment. I seek your assistance in understanding why I am entitled to bonuses and paid leave but not an increment. Nevertheless, I intend to respond to the company with a formal resignation.

Thanks & Regards,

Amit Kumar Upadhyay

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Noida, U.P.

Looking at your employment history, I am surprised that the company decided to recruit you for the third time. I would definitely not have done it. It is at the discretion of the company whether they will give you an increment. It is not your right. Since you left and want to rejoin (I assume you came and applied again, not that the company called you back), they are free to decide what salary you will get. They have decided that you do not deserve an increment.

The rest of your post is unclear. If the company is giving you a bonus and leave based on the work you did until September, before you left the company, then I would say that they are doing you a favor. There is nothing in the law that allows you to claim a bonus for the previous period after you resigned, got your F&F, and left. For leave, you will be eligible when you complete 240 days (1 year of work) from the time you rejoined. So even the leave they are offering you is extra.

I hope with your current resignation, the company sees the last of you and doesn't have to deal with your attitude again.

I never applied to the company again; I only inquired about vacancies. The company called me for rejoining based on my experience. Please note, the company is giving me bonuses and leave based on my work until September, after my third rejoining, not before the second resignation or at that time. They are giving me all previous bonuses and leave after rejoining, not at the time of the second resignation.

The issue is that the company is verbally telling me that since I have not completed one year in the organization after rejoining for the third time, I am not eligible for an increment. I am asking all of you: I joined the company before April 2014, not after it, so am I eligible for an increment based on my four months of work and my work experience? What is your decision now?

Thanks,

Wouldn't it have been better if you had given details in the first place? There is no difference, to my mind, between you having applied in writing for a job or coming back to them asking if they have any vacancy and they ask you to join again. Well, my answer does not change much. The increment is the decision and discretion of the company and not your right, so if they do not want to give you an increment, it is their choice. The fact that they gave you a bonus and leave for previous work is extra. They were under no legal obligation to give it to you.

While Saswatabanerjee has covered the legal aspects of your case, I think you need to mention clearly why you resigned the first and second times. While the first stay in this company was quite stable (July 2008 to April 2012), the second one was very short, and now you want to quit again within 6 months of joining for the third time.

As far as I can see, you seem to have resigned to put some sort of pressure for hikes—for which the company, for whatever reasons, seemed to have given in. I suggest you don't stretch your luck too far—there always comes a time when even the supplest elastic snaps.

However, at the end of the day, it's your life and career.

Regards,
TS

I second Mr. Taj Sateesh. You are trying your luck. Six months is not an appropriate time to ask for an increment. The company must have their appraisal system done at least once a year, wherein the line manager will assess your scope for an increment. It is not the right decision and advisable too to put up a resignation and threaten to return the privilege you received. Don't forget that when you get a good offer from a good company, they may go for background verification, wherein it should not backtrack you and spoil your career. The rest is up to you.

If people do not want suggestions, they should not put up such queries. Here, people are experienced, well-read, and have no biases. If one has a tendency to get irritated, then avoid asking for advice. I would never employ a person who keeps quitting and rejoining, even if he were Steve Jobs. Attitude determines a person's altitude.

Best of luck.