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反而发大笔的奖金
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07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万,
! t8 ?" W. |# U0 }却用2600万给员工发奖金
$ g4 H/ U( l5 ^+ @# i& h而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万
$ L/ x& [( @$ m$ R06-07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 $26 million in bonuses were handed out to staff after a year of dismal performance last year, says the head of the province’s public accounts committee.
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) ?) r% S( ] S4 V: g4 _( i0 KLiberal MLA Hugh MacDonald, who chairs the 17-member, all-party committee, told Sun Media, “I expect they will have some very direct questions” when representatives of the taxpayer-owned bank appear before them on Wednesday.3 r& Z$ f! x0 `) D
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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.1 }; @5 I0 C6 ~: @7 R5 l3 O
' L( l& u( U) V' w" w" P5 mDunn’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.# J- D2 U0 F( h: I. b
e' p% W8 l, W+ S! n' BIn the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.
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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.
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0 M) x: w: a3 L/ T) m% JThe bank’s rocky ride began last summer, when the market in asset backed commercial paper, a form of short-term financing for business, collapsed.! q+ b% _" M+ d' A5 x& I1 B: I
4 N; v+ i: w0 h. `- kATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.9 [6 [ C# x2 C: ?
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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.2 ]: o+ \( {: r* V
! K( G; E1 k5 H9 w& p0 i6 QThe whole purpose of bonuses is to motivate people to exceed expectations, he said, and giving bonuses when people fail completely defeats that.
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5 o- }7 v% q2 [1 D( D: F“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.7 E3 i7 Z$ K$ p2 t7 M
/ q: \/ {5 j: l% |0 w- aATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
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