Day 203 - 12 Jan 96 - Page 61
1 A. I do not understand your point.
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3 Q. It is not an accurate document, is it?
4 A. It is an accurate document, in that it records what was
5 typed by the people who typed it at the time and what was
6 about to take place.
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8 MS. STEEL: You said that the first performance review would
9 have been on their file if you had sent it off. Do you
10 know whether or not you did send it off?
11 A. I cannot remember, but I cannot see any reason why I
12 would not have done. It is possible that I did not send it
13 off, I have to be honest.
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15 Q. That would have been irresponsible, would it not?
16 A. It would have been a bit sloppy, yes.
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18 Q. The fact is, you did not carry out either of these
19 performance reviews, did you?
20 A. I believe I carried out the first. I have already told
21 you three times now that I did not carry out the second.
22 I believe I carried out the first. In my performance
23 review, John Atherton -- I mean, I cannot actually remember
24 administering many of my Managers reviews at all, you
25 know. I thought, can I remember giving Ray this review; I
26 thought, could I remember giving Tara reviews, or
27 Mike Buckley or other Managers their reviews; and I could
28 not. But I have no reason to suspect that I did not.
29 Just, the trouble is that my memory is, unfortunately,
30 quite vague about this thing. It says in my review that my
31 performance review is on time.
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33 Q. Performance reviews would normally be carried out while the
34 Manager was around, would they not?
35 A. Yes. I mean, you must appraise someone's performance
36 with them. You would not necessary write it with them, but
37 you must sit them down and talk them through it.
38 Absolutely.
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40 Q. When you say that you recall that you had prepared the
41 performance review in anticipation of his return in
42 July 1991, that would not have been fair, would it, because
43 you would have done it without him being there?
44 A. No, no, no, you have got me wrong. You know, it is
45 common practice to write the review in advance of the
46 occasion. You do not want to be sitting there -- you have
47 not got all day to write someone's performance review; you
48 have to get on with business. You write the performance
49 review. If, however, the individual, when you are
50 conducting the review, disagrees with it, then that is
51 fine; you have discussed that, and it may be amended. So
52 whilst, you know, in this instance I may have gone into
53 that position armed with this letter and the review, if Ray
54 had not resigned, you know, what the outcome of that
55 conversation would have been, you know, it would have
56 depended on the conversation that took place which,
57 unfortunately, never took place.
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59 Q. You said that you had intended to give a performance review
60 first followed by the warning. So, what you decided -- is
