Day 203 - 12 Jan 96 - Page 63


     
     1        about his performance.  If he was surprised to get such a
     2        thing as this, you know, if he was going to be surprised to
     3        get such a thing as this, then he was, you know, clearly
     4        well off the mark in terms of understanding where he
     5        stood.
     6
     7        I did not have it in for Ray, Ms. Steel.  I did not have it
     8        in for Mr. Coton.  He did not manage the restaurant very
     9        well, and I wanted to help him manage the restaurant
    10        better, and I did everything I could to help him, which
    11        included being fair and at times lenient on him.
    12
    13   MS. STEEL:   You go on to say: "As a result of discussions with
    14        my superiors, I had decided that I would not do this
    15        immediately on Ray Coton's return from holiday."  Who was
    16        that you are talking about there, your superiors?
    17        A.  I do not recall.  I just have the sort of memory that
    18        I intended to give it to him on his first day back from
    19        holiday.  But, having spoken to somebody, possibly John
    20        Atherton, you know -----
    21
    22   Q.   Mr. Guerin?
    23        A.  No, I do not think it would have been Mr. Guerin,
    24        because, as I said, I very infrequently spoke to him.
    25        Possibly John, but you see, I cannot remember exactly who.
    26        But it was decided, you know, wait, give him a few days
    27        back off holiday, sort of thing, you know.
    28
    29   Q.   They did not perhaps say that your course of action was not
    30        a fair way of doing things to prepare a performance review
    31        and a formal verbal warning beforehand without talking to
    32        the Manager first?
    33        A.  No.  I mean, nobody would suggest that.  What I did was
    34        the correct course of action under the circumstances.  If
    35        you have a performance review in which your performance is
    36        unsatisfactory, since that performance review in May, or
    37        whenever it was, your performance has either got better or
    38        worse.  You know what is coming at your next review.
    39
    40   Q.   If you have had a performance review?
    41        A.  Well, you know, even if you have not had a performance
    42        review.
    43
    44   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Can we just get this business of performance
    45        reviews, because the phrase used is "if you had a
    46        performance review".  As I understand it, you are saying
    47        there is constant assessment of the Store Manager upon the
    48        basis of which you can write down your comments in the form
    49        of a performance review, subject, you say, to talking to
    50        the person.  But it is not a performance review in the 
    51        sense that there is a test then and there on a specific 
    52        day? 
    53        A.  No, it is not like an exam, no.
    54
    55   Q.   A performance review is the document, but the performance
    56        review itself is being carried on over the whole six month
    57        period, or whatever it is?
    58        A.  Absolutely; and people are kept up to date with how you
    59        view their performance always; they must always be aware of
    60        how their boss views their performance, to have a good,

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