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反而发大笔的奖金
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这个纳税人拥有的银行
% \1 A! v" Z& u07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万，
. ^; p: x% I5 ], H4 u却用2600万给员工发奖金
) r9 z) b$ L8 C+ Q4 O而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万( w8 R% W) c3 o4 F1 ^! ~( Q3 ]
06-07财政年度的净收入是2亿七千万
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Edmonton — Alberta Treasury Branch officials will have to explain why more than $26 million in bonuses were handed out to staff after a year of dismal performance last year, says the head of the province’s public accounts committee.& T; {, v( }9 m% R6 `0 X' ?) \
" i0 J4 o9 v9 N+ t4 LLiberal MLA Hugh MacDonald, who chairs the 17-member, all-party committee, told Sun Media, “I expect they will have some very direct questions” when representatives of the taxpayer-owned bank appear before them on Wednesday.: D" W) L" B3 e' p6 m0 g1 e
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Auditor General Fred Dunn questioned the massive bonuses, given that the bank fell short of its net income goal by nearly 90% in the 2007-08 year.. t& ]3 x# k! u& z& {& M
7 W! v. V C) w& ~Dunn’s annual report, released last week, said ATB earned a net income of $30 million in the 2007-08 fiscal year, a fraction of its $262 million target.
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In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.6 k$ o4 e$ k% _* J9 e- F
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Dunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.
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The reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake." a: A& q; U2 z4 A7 v4 k) l0 s, z
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The bank’s rocky ride began last summer, when the market in asset backed commercial paper, a form of short-term financing for business, collapsed.
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* O% R4 C9 J r/ xATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.
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“If there are no consequences for not achieving objectives, then individuals in GFM are being rewarded for not achieving corporate objectives,” Dunn wrote.
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MacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.
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( T" e7 _3 |" R: z9 l8 G( _The whole purpose of bonuses is to motivate people to exceed expectations, he said, and giving bonuses when people fail completely defeats that.3 I) }8 T) O6 _+ h7 \: a+ {3 z
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“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.
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MacDonald said he’s also worried about Dunn’s finding that criminal background checks on new employees are taking up to three weeks after they’ve been hired.
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/ a5 [( F) I4 mATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
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