Day 166 - 28 Sep 95 - Page 24
1 if they pass their probation, yes, they will get a yellow
2 badge.
3
4 Q. If they fail, presumably, you ask them to leave?
5 A. That is right.
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7 Q. Is that recorded in the ----
8 A. Employee history?
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10 Q. Yes, in the records that you keep of who you have employed
11 and how long they have stayed and -----
12 A. Yes.
13
14 Q. It is. When they get a yellow badge, that is, if they do
15 not get the push, do they automatically get a pay rise?
16 A. No.
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18 Q. No, right. Do any of them get a pay rise?
19 A. Possibly.
20
21 Q. If they were particularly good?
22 A. Yes.
23
24 Q. Like a star performer or something like that?
25 A. Yes.
26
27 Q. Right. Do you remember there being a shortage of yellow
28 badges at any stage while you were Manager of the -----
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You mean the actual badges rather than the
31 people who wear them?
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33 MS. STEEL: Yes, sorry, that might account for why Mr. ---
34 A. I just think he -----
35
36 Q. -- Magill did not get a yellow badge until three or so
37 month after he joined?
38 A. I just think he is a little mistaken. I mean, he goes
39 on to say that he had them every -- sorry, PRs, performance
40 reviews -- every two weeks. With a staff between 100 or so
41 and 200, if I was having problems doing them on time,
42 I certainly would not manage to do them every two weeks.
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44 Q. So there were problems getting them done on time?
45 A. No, I did not say that. I would hold my hand up and
46 say, unfortunately, there is going to be occasions when
47 somebody would have a review late for whatever reason, be
48 it my fault, be it an illness, be it bad luck that they are
49 not on a shift when, say, a Manager was assigned to do
50 their own review. But if he goes on to say that he had
51 them every two weeks, I find that highly surprising.
52 I think he is getting very confused between that and the
53 training system.
54
55 Q. You think he may be referring to the OCLs?
56 A. That is right.
57
58 Q. Which, of course, are part of the performance review system
59 but they are also carried out just as a general check as
60 well?
