Hallo, everyone. The management has started using the KPI in determining our bonus for the year 2010. Recently, we’ve received mixed views (sadly, many negative comments) from our fellow TARCASA members regarding this matter 
. Please share with us your views.
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whatever is it? Our management owns a responsibility to show us how they determine whether the staff is 3 months or 3.5 months. Let it be tranparent.
Hi! Good to receive your reply which is the first to our post
We agree with you. Our members have asked us to seek for transparency and clarification on how the total amount of bonus is reached.
I have been joining for so many years as a member. I do not see anything TARCASA helps us. Many staff asks me why I am paying for nothing. BUT NOW, this is your chance and time to assist us to get back my half month bonus.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
To be fair to us in the committee, I’d say that all of us are trying our best to solve the problems faced by all of us in TARCASA. At the same time, we’re also limited by many factors like time, commitment, support from members, etc.
It’ll be good for you, Ling Ling to come forward to join us in the next committee. We feel that the presence of new members will definitely help us to do our union work better.
Dear Ling Ling,
I share the same anger and disappointment you are having now regarding the deduction in bonus.
But to be fair to the TARCASA committee, we need to understand that the TARCASA committee is not a “comfortable” and “easy” job. I believe they have done something on behalf of us, although the results may not please everyone.
They are lecturers like us. They face the same pressures and workload we are having everyday. Besides that, as the rep of the union, they also need to endure extra accusations / unfair judgments / biases not only from the management but also from the members. Frankly speaking, if I were the committee, i will also feel demoralized and wanted to give up.
The committee is collecting our feedback regarding the bonus and KPI issue. Let’s together voice out and compile our dissatisfaction, doubts, questions (make sure it is grounded) to the committee so that they can help us to deliver the messages to the management through a proper channel.
Thanks, Tay for your patience and understanding.
TARCASA would like to receive feedback from its members on the use of KPI for the calculation of our bonuses before we request for a meeting with the management. It’s better for us to be united in our purpose than to question the ability of the union to fight for its members. The union’s strength comes from our united front.
Mangement has monoplized this opportunity to punish us (out of group), they gave 3 1/2 months to their own “Kaki”. we are being demolized to work and serve better to company. so mangement must be transparent to list all staff who received 3 months and 3 1/2 months.
We knew the management use the performance appraisal in the subjective way to determine your points. This is unfair. They must clear in black and white how they assign the points. E.g. attendance- MC one time minus 2 points, late for meeting minus 3 three points and totally how they came up with the total points under this category.
There were news that some received more than 3.5 months bonus and also those in the range between 3 – 3.5 months. If this were true, it is quite clear that if bonus were KPI-based, it raises the issue of subjectivity where members may not be fairlyly evaluated since the procedure is not transparent. Corporate governance is being taught at class but yet, he who preaches does not practise it!
We’ve received a number of responses from our members on the use of KPI in the calculation of our bonuses. Is there anyone out there who would like to tell us further of how you feel? We may be ending our discussion soon to decide on the next step to be taken.