Day 167 - 02 Oct 95 - Page 40
1 would have to be justified to the Supervisor.
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3 Contrary to what Michael Logan says in his statement, it
4 would be extremely unusual for someone to work six hours
5 without a break. The drink breaks he refers to are taken
6 regularly throughout the shift and although they do have to
7 be taken in the office, they are in addition to the 45
8 minute break. The allegation that some staff will be
9 pressurised into taking breaks almost immediately after
10 arriving at 10.30 a.m. is misleading. This would only
11 happen with employees who wished to have breakfast shortly
12 after arriving at work and would be at the employee's
13 request". Nothing you wish to change so far?
14 A. It is fine so far.
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16 Q. "Performance Reviews: A performance review ('PR') must
17 take place three weeks after an employee commences
18 employment and not two weeks as Logan claims in his
19 statement. Thereafter the frequency used to be every two
20 month (not weeks, as Logan suggests) but has now become
21 every four months as for pay reviews. The first review
22 must never be late as it marks the end of the probationary
23 period. However, it is fair to say that subsequent reviews
24 can occasionally be delayed for unavoidable reasons, but
25 this is a rare occurrence and I have never known a 'PR' to
26 be more than three months late.
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28 During my employment as a crew member, I can only recall
29 one or two of my PRs being delayed out of approximately 10
30 in total. Even then the delay was no more than one month.
31 The 'batches' described by Logan would comprise no more
32 than six reviews at a time.
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34 Logan's comments on the contents of performance reviews are
35 again misleading. The review document is divided into two
36 sections covering both a factual analysis of the employee's
37 performance through observational checklist scores and also
38 a general assessment of their attributes based on the score
39 given to them by the management team in each of the 15
40 categories.
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42 This might well give rise to certain recurring phrases,
43 however, it has been (sic) my impression that Managers are
44 apathetic" -----
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It says "never been my impression". Start:
47 "This may well give rise" again, Mr. Atkinson.
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49 MR. ATKINSON: "This might well give rise to certain recurring
50 phrases, however, it has never been my impression that
51 Managers are apathetic in their attitude to performance
52 reviews at McDonald's in Bath. In fact, PRs are often
53 discussed at Managers' meetings. This means that the PR is
54 a record of the management's impression of that employee
55 and not just the opinion of one individual.
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57 I also make an efforts to handwrite each PR for which I am
58 responsible. As a crew member, I found the PRs were taken
59 seriously by all concerned. They are of value to the crew
60 member in that they set out goals to aim for, with the
