Settings

Every number here feeds the recommendation. Changes recalculate the whole roster immediately.

Budget and cycle levers

The budget is a share of current fixed payroll. Below-band and peer corrections are never rationed to fit it.

Increment matrix

Base merit percentage before company, department, proration and correction adjustments.

ExperienceExceptionalExceedsMeetsPartialBelow
0-3 yrs
3-7 yrs
7-12 yrs
12+ yrs

Market bands

Midpoint fixed pay in rupees lakh at each experience rung, before the city tier factor. Only Engineering and Data & AI are anchored to published survey data — the rest are constructed estimates and should be replaced before they drive real decisions.

Pay family<2 yrs2–4 yrs4–7 yrs7–10 yrs10–14 yrs14+ yrs
Engineering
Data & AI
Product & Designestimate
Clinical & Medicalestimate
Field Operationsestimate
Supply Chain & Pharmacyestimate
Sales & Business Developmentestimate
Marketingestimate
Finance & Legalestimate
HR & Adminestimate
Customer Supportestimate
Corporate / Generalestimate

City tier factors

The band midpoint is multiplied by the factor for the person's base location tier.

Bengaluru, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Hyderabad, Pune

Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Indore, Chandigarh, Coimbatore

Everything not listed under Tier 1 or Tier 2.

Rating guardrails

Target share of the population at each rating. Only Exceptional and Exceeds breaches are flagged.