if company contributes 50% upto 6% of compensation.
this mean if my salary is 12k/year, I earn 1k per month company can match upto $360 per year(3% of 12k).
if I join in the middle of the year, then I will be getting total salary only 6k(1k per month for remaining 6 months), in that case company can contribute upto 3% of total salary i.e. 12k or 3% of only salary I got for that year i.e 6k.
if answer is company can still contribute 3% of total salary. then I will select 12% contribution .
Thanks