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CONTRACT OF PROBATIONARY EMPLOYMENT

This Employment Contract is made and executed between:

Potato Republic, located at Bacolod City, Philippines by its duly authorized

representative, Ode Ottoman, hereinafter referred to as the “Employer”

-and-

Tasyo Prokopyo, with residence and postal address at Blk. 5 Papya

Village, Bacolod City, Philippines, hereinafter referred to as “Employee”

WHEREAS, The Employer hereby offers, and the employee hereby

accepts, this contract of employment as Senior DevOps, assigned at the
Employer’s registered office address for a probationary period of five (5) months.

WHEREAS, the specific functions, tasks, duties and responsibilities and

expected results of which are enumerated and subject to the following terms and
conditions:

1. The Employee will render eight (8) hours of work every day, in
accordance with the working hours/shift to which he/she may be assigned or
reassigned from time to time as may be required by the Employer’s operations.
The Employee shall not perform any work outside of the assigned time or excess
of eight (8) hours a day without the express written consent or formal request of
the duly designated officer/s of the Employer.

2. The Employee is expected to devote his/her time and energy

toward the performance of the duties and responsibilities assigned to him/her,
which may be changed at any time and from time to time. The Employee is
expected to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly at any activity or business
transaction for himself/herself or for any other person, whether or not for
remuneration, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, that may in any way
compete with any operation of the Employer or that which may result in a conflict
or interest or otherwise adversely affect the proper discharge of his/her duties
with, and responsibilities to the Employer.
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In case of a violation of this undertaking, the Employer is free to dispense

the Employee’s services at any time at its discretion without any obligation on its
part, but without prejudice to the Employee’s liability to pay a penalty as provided
under paragraph 14 hereof.

2. The Employee’s daily compensation will be Five Hundred PESOS

ONLY (P 500.00), on a no work-no pay basis, which shall be subjected to the
mandatory withholding tax and payable every week at the designated address of
the Company. The Employee is mandatorily required to first submit a daily time
sheet record and shall be verified and signed by the designated supervisor,
which shall be the basis for payment of services. Furthermore, being on a
probationary employee, he/she is not entitled to benefits applicable only to
regular/permanent employees.

3. The Employee is obliged to attend training and seminars required

by the Employer. For this purpose, half of the tuition fee, transportation and
incidental expenses shall be shouldered by the Employee and he/she has
authorized the Employer to deduct in five (5) equal bi-monthly installments
his/her share of the expenses.

4. The Employer may deduct and retain from any compensation due the
Employee value of the Employer’s property that may be broken, destroyed or lost
by the Employee through his negligence or carelessness and the amount of any
indebtedness owed by the Employee to the Employer. By affixing his signature
to this Agreement, thus, the Employee specifically authorizes the Employer to
deduct and retain whatever amount is established to be due to the Employer by
reason of his negligence or carelessness.

5. It is understood that all records and documents of the Employer

including all information pertaining to its business affairs are confidential and
therefore, no disclosure, reproduction of such records, documents and
information may be made without appropriate written authority from authority
from the Employer. All such records, documents and information in the
possession of the Employee shall be immediately turned over the Employer upon
the termination of this contract without need of any demand or at any time that
the Employer may so request. In this regard, the Employee shall not, either
during the term of this contract or at any time thereafter, use or disclose to any
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person or entity, any information concerning the business or affairs of the

Employer which he/she may have required by reason of his/her service to the
Employer, whether or not there is any benefit to him/her whether or not the same
results in damage to the Employer.

In the event that the Employee undertakes some activity contrary to or in

violation of this provision, he/she shall be liable to the Employer for all damages
that the Employer is entitled to as a result of breach of contract, plus the liability
to pay a penalty as provided under paragraph 14 hereof.

6. If the Employee completes probationary period successfully as herein

prescribed by the Employer, then a corresponding evaluation report will be
undertaken if whether the Employee will be absorbed and be considered as a
regular/permanent Employee of the Employer.

7. That after the Probationary Period, the Employee shall be entitled to all
benefits entitled to and being enjoyed by a regular/permanent Employee of the
Company.

8. That during the period of employment, the Employee shall be bound to

observe and abide by all terms and conditions, stipulations and by such other
rules and regulations set by the Employer.

9. That during the period of employment, the Employee shall be punctual

at all times and perform its duties and responsibilities exclusively for the benefit
of the Company. Upon termination of employment, the Employee undertakes not
to secure a similar employment within the City of Meycauayan, Bulacan for a
period of two (2) years.

In the event that the Employee undertakes some activity contrary to or in

violation of this provision, he/she shall be liable to the Employer for all damages
that the Employer is entitled to as a result of breach of contract, plus the liability
to pay a penalty as provided under paragraph 14 hereof.

11. At any time during the period of this agreement, the Employer may
terminate the contract without the benefit of termination pay and/or notice under
any of the following grounds:
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a. If it is found that the Employee is not qualified, competent or efficient in

the above stated position for which he/she was hired.
b. If the Employee is found to be physically or medically unfit for the job.
c. If the Employee violates any of the Employer’s rules and regulations.

The Company reserves the right to terminate the services of the Employee any
time under circumstances and conditions recognized by the law and
jurisprudence on the matter.

12. If at any time during the period of this contract, the Employee
wishes to voluntarily terminate the said contract, he/she is required to give of hat
least a 15 days written notice of his/her intention to the Employer through his/her
Supervisor, specifying the date of termination desired.

In case of violation of this provision, the Employee shall be liable to the

Employer for all damages that the Employer is entitled to as a result of breach of
contract, plus the liability to pay a penalty as provided under paragraph 14
hereof.

13. The Employee hereby declares that he/she is voluntarily entering

into this Contract of Probationary Employment and that there are no
inducements, promises, terms, conditions and/or obligations made or entered
into other than those herein contained.

14. For any violation by the Employee of the terms of this Contract of
Probationary Employment, particularly paragraphs 6, 10 hereof, he/she agrees to
pay a penalty of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00) to the Employer.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands on this
15th day of January,20019 at Bacolod City, Philippines.

__________________________
Potato Republic by Ode Ottoman

Conforme:

__________________________
Tasyo Prool
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Probationary Employee
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)

CITY OF BACOLOD )s.s.
x- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x

BEFORE ME, in the City of Bacolod, Philippines, this 15th day of

February, 2019, personally appeared;
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Name: Issued on / Issued

Valid ID: at:
Ode Ottoman CTC. No. 123456 01-18-2002/ Bacolod City

Tasyo Prokopyo CTC No. 124216 01-18-2001// Bacolod City

known to me to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument

and acknowledge to me that the same is his voluntary act and deed.

This instrument refers to a CONTRACT OF PROBATIONARY

EMPLOYMENT, consisting of 05 pages, including the page on which
this acknowledgment is written, has been signed on the right margin
of each and every page thereof by Potato Republic, represented by
Ode Ottoman and Tasyo Prokopyo, and sealed with my notarial seal.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL on the date and at the place

above written

Doc No. 696; SALVINO KRISTI S. KALALANG

Page No. 69; Notary Public
Book No. V; UNTIL DECEMBER 18, 2019
Series of 2019 PTR NO. 696969