When a Bengaluru marketing head opened his October salary slip, he thought it was a mistake. Nearly 40 per cent of his pay had vanished overnight. The culprit? His company’s HR team, which decided it would be a “brilliant” idea to tie a huge chunk of employees’ salaries to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that could change every month.

What was meant to be a “performance booster” instead sparked chaos and anger across the firm. Within a day, he quit — leaving his old-school, family-run company (which he jokingly called a “ Lala company ”) in complete disarray.

In a Reddit post that has since gone viral , the marketing head shared the ordeal. He said he worked at a medium-sized, family-owned firm where he led the marketing department. The team was small, the budgets tight, and the ho

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