Practical exercise
Decode a real Pakistani salary slip
You will not always have a job. But you will always have to read documents that take rupees away from you. This practical asks you to find one real salary slip, from a relative or a sample online, and explain every line. After today the word 'deduction' will never confuse you again.
Now try it
Decode a real Pakistani salary slip
Stretch
Find a job ad on Rozee.pk or LinkedIn that quotes a salary you might realistically earn in two years. Plug the gross into your decoder. Tell yourself the take home in your own words. Now write down whether the take home is enough for the life you described in the practical from lesson one.
Goes into your portfolio
A screenshot of your three column salary slip decode, with names and account numbers blurred, plus the Excel file my-paycheck-decoder.xlsx with three sample salaries computed.