15 Jan '07- PUTRAJAYA: Rule-breakers, under-performers and errant officials cannot take things for granted any more... Civil servants who break the rules or under-perform will get the boot.
A no-nonsense Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan, had this message for civil servants yesterday: Shape up or ship out. He debunked the myth that civil servants could stay in service until retirement despite wrongdoings. Sidek, putting an end to the practice of promotion based on seniority, said advancement in the civil service would only be based on performance.
Hmmm .. all I can say is, it is easier said than done.What ever the case may be, I feel we are again missing the point. Aiyaa, Malaysians always miss the point .. is it ALL about promotions? So ... if civil servants (CS) do not shape up, they are shipped out .. really?? Where are they going to be shipped out to?? Out of the service altogether OR shipped out to some other Department that will receive this character. We are always about punishment and not much in terms of solving the problem in the long term. This knee-jerk reaction has become a classic.
So .. what if a high proportion do not perform? ..want to ship everyone out? Who is left to do the job. So .. even if one is not shipped out and is NOT promoted or even noticed, who is going to bother shaping up? One is not going to be promoted anyway, come the end of the month and one will get one's salary.
One thing is very strange ... why must we wait to discover that that particular person has stagnated for the last TEN YEARS? Don't we have our SKT and the usual checks?? How can this be? No one should stagnate .. if anything, it is the BOSS who should stagnate for not implementing proper monitoring and evaluation processes. As a matter of fact, I can bet, and I will dare anyone on this, not many organisations implement the review system well and even know how to do it. Any takers ??
Come on .. there is blame ALL ROUND ... and the problem is all emcompassing .. and the problem is, it is TEAM WORK when a good job is done. It is not so when rewards is awarded. Only a few get rewarded. There is aslo this strange fenomena that one person gets an Excellence Award every time!! Is that person the ONLY one functioning in that place??
I might even want to suggest that for those who have obtained EXCELLENCE or CEMERLANG, a more stringent check on the should be conducted so that they are excellent again and again and if they slacken, the excellence status can and should be revoked and they have to start again, just like everybody else. WHY IS THIS SO, YOU SAY? Very easy, this is because of the fact that the increase in salary obtained for one instance of excellence is enjoyed until you die ... and you may never be excellent again but still enjoy that salary ... that is why one must continue to be excellent or be revoked and can be rewarded again when one is excellent again. In fact, when you have achieved that excellence stage, you are EXPECTED to be excellent then on .. But nooooo, that person will get it again, and again, and again .. Crazy??, try it, revoke his rank if he does not perform the following year ... and everyone will get a chance to be excellent and continue to be excellent .. aiyyaa .. tak tau lah ...
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