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Nish beat me to it. I guess the puzzle was ambiguous: I've never heard of a raise working like that. (What's it a raise on if not the annual salary?!) No matter. Kept us (semi-)entertained for a bit. Thanks Quartz. (:beer: and then bed I think.)
Wags wrote:
I guess the puzzle was ambiguous
This is a classic puzzle "In Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd (M. Gardner, Dover, 1959) " before anyone of us were even born Clickety[^]
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How is that possible, $5000 increment every six months when you are "ACTUALLY" adding only 2500 every 6 months :)
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Web based project trackingQuartz... wrote:
$5000 increment every six months
I think you and I can argue on this forever, and still disagree. To me, the above statement means that every 6 months, my salary will be hiked by $5000. And my salary is in annual terms (that's standard the world over).
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I am quite surprised by your argument. even when the question clearly says the its 5000 raise every 6 months i mean what does "EVERY 6 MONTHS" implies here you might want to look at this here[^]
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Web based project trackingQuartz... wrote:
i mean what does "EVERY 6 MONTHS" implies here
It implies that he gets a hike every 6 months. It does not imply that the hike amount is applied over his next 6 months of pay.
Quartz... wrote:
you might want to look at this here[^]
I read that too. That's worded wrong too - similar to how you worded it. It won't stand a legal scrutiny. Anyway I think we've argued enough on this. I still stand by my original point. :)
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Quartz... wrote:
i mean what does "EVERY 6 MONTHS" implies here
It implies that he gets a hike every 6 months. It does not imply that the hike amount is applied over his next 6 months of pay.
Quartz... wrote:
you might want to look at this here[^]
I read that too. That's worded wrong too - similar to how you worded it. It won't stand a legal scrutiny. Anyway I think we've argued enough on this. I still stand by my original point. :)
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Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)ok so according to you if a company say they will pay you a hike of $100 every month You will expect to get actually $ (100/12) every month according to your logic.
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
It won't stand a legal scrutiny
I suggest you ask your hr manager/account manager and confirm this, What it means when the company says RAISE of $5000 every 6 months. You arew actually confusing with %age increment which is in most companies annually so they say 10% increment ANNUALLY (implied that, its on annual salary because IT specifically says ANNUALLY) Even if the increment is 10% semi-annually or 6 monthly, that means it applies to semi annual income or 6 months income.
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