This year has been the year of inflation framed by Market Analysts. Oil prices are soaring high and affecting every aspect of life and the only driving force to curb that additional expense is the Appraisal percentage income on the salary to sustain and be at par with last year%u2019s budget if not stoop down. With the current Industry down trend, unfortunately the percentage also took a hit in companies-All sectors. People who gave their 150% hoping for best fitment was shown the door to meet expectations as the cap for above expectations was limited and could not fit all. Where does it leave the employee's hard work, effort and great a lot of time that they spent away from family and loved ones to be rewarded, yes! We have one box of peanuts and some left over pizzas so help yourself. Be happy, others only got a box of peanuts and you need to be tight-lipped about the left over pizza. I did get my pizza but that ain%u2019t enough to fill the bills-as a matter of fact, this year I am going low on savings compared to last year. An years worth of effort is not enough to sustain savings so what does the next appraisal stands to offer repercussion: 1) My morale is down and therez no motivating factor 2) I don%u2019t want to give in even 100% as the difference in slab is just 2% more so why slog it out. 3) I wanna jump job for a hike coz inflation is making a hole in his pocket and I can%u2019t afford a luxurious life style. Seriously considering delivering papers for additional income now.