Day 145 - 29 Jun 95 - Page 13
1 A. I think the example that we are using for the crew is
2 exemplary. The amount of effort and time that we want to
3 spend with them, developing them, working with them. When
4 you get to a higher level in an organisation, you are
5 expected to perform at that level on a constant basis. So
6 we have a higher standard for those people, including
7 myself.
8
9 Q. If you could turn to tab 6, please ---
10 A. Sure.
11
12 Q. -- and turn to page 311. The chart that is on this page,
13 that is, basically, the performance scale recommended for
14 that year, is it not?
15 A. No, I think somewhere in here it should indicate this
16 is an example, this is a model.
17
18 Q. Yes.
19 A. This is not the literal thing. What we are suggesting
20 is: "You are probably going to want to have something such
21 as this. This is a model; now apply it to your
22 situation". That is what that is all about.
23
24 Q. Yes, so this would be the basic but if you were in a
25 particular area ------
26 A. No, no, no.
27
28 Q. Hold on, let me finish the question.
29 A. Sorry.
30
31 Q. This would be the basic, but if you are in a particular
32 area where there were recruitment difficulties, or
33 whatever, where you felt you needed to start the rates at a
34 higher rate, then you would adjust the scale accordingly?
35 A. I disagree with the "basic". It is a model. It is an
36 illustration. It is an example. I do not know how many
37 other similar words I can use.
38
39 Q. So if it is a model, then it is very likely that a fair
40 proportion of the operators that year of the Company owned
41 stores would have been using that?
42 A. No, I cannot say that because I bet you there are three
43 or four different models as well in any given year. What
44 we are trying to illustrate is that there should be a
45 process here, that it should not be a helter-skelter kind
46 of approach; that there needs to be a process, you need to
47 have a system of some sort versus something that just
48 ad hoc, you know, do not -- without purpose. We are trying
49 to encourage them to have a system of their own and here is
50 an illustration of how to go about doing it.
51
52 Q. But the raises for that year are correct there, are they
53 not?
54 A. I know we went up to 30 cents. I do not know, I cannot
55 recall exactly when we did it.
56
57 Q. But this one is 1992.
58 A. It may very well be the 25 cents then. I can remember
59 a lot of things but I cannot specifically recall that, when
60 we changed it.
