I was in Patni !! Every person, who has worked in Big 5 knows, that they accept the variable pay as a part of pay package. If company does well, they get that pay after the quarter. If company does not fare well ( Qtr on Qtr ), then the variable pay is not given. Simple as that..Did rediff ever report, that since last 10 years, the same IT guys were given 120% to 140% variable pay, bcos, the companies did well.. I mean, suppose a person has accepted 5k per month as variable pay during joining. In 3 months, his variable pay is 15K if company achieves targets !! If company exceeds targets, then he may get 18-20k ( i.e. ~120% of what he was expecting )..Does rediff ever report this ??