 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
阿尔伯特省库物署: v2 o @0 o% f
ATB' t# |5 Y6 w0 C4 {
大笔投资不赚钱, @( b y# T, g, _3 K8 ^* G# J
反而发大笔的奖金6 _' w# F% O7 o# C- R& C, V
被政府调查质询
8 m1 m/ J9 |# M/ N这个纳税人拥有的银行
+ |# n( {' o/ c. Q- x/ X8 s; a9 @# k07-08财政年度净收入只有3千万，
8 G: K8 _1 G- @; [却用2600万给员工发奖金
. w/ H# h2 d7 Z# g0 J而原计划的净收入目标是2亿6千万
% f0 F8 a- W, L; d" X. |06-07财政年度的净收入是2亿七千万
. x+ S) H& h" {$ w! X- |% i
2 r S1 X- x& p+ L5 H' C: B1 z4 {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. _! w6 z' H. v+ y
0 w4 m, T; P) cLiberal 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.
% e5 a* V& B- u# P5 ^5 E" D& o8 p, n( G
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.
8 C+ X% N" q. _6 G5 l9 o& P
; _ |8 }, o+ I* E5 Q: q2 T7 K) [6 lDunn’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.
+ K/ u: t; q. D, Y6 Z7 w; U j0 @9 M2 d# c, o/ Y
In the 2006-07 fiscal year, the bank earned a net income of more than $270 million.
6 S _5 Q$ I7 ?/ x' d
4 z7 K9 z: T, x. h2 A- @( _Dunn said management overrode ATB’s policy that bonuses are tied to achieving or exceeding set targets.
( _# I$ X$ L5 D+ P6 V
0 G% D+ z5 W. h; }7 C/ a: IThe reason given for breaking the rule, Dunn said, was that “staff morale and retention” were at stake.8 K B* V3 Y/ E. K: V
2 t* }2 E( } ~& K7 T3 z
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.& B3 \# e' X; G9 {2 m
: Q/ t; p, a' ]$ lATB’s global financial markets department was dealing heavily in the paper at the time the market went south.
! M; n6 c' ?2 T
3 w" ]3 ^4 A/ q8 d“If there are no consequences for not achieving objectives, then individuals in GFM are being rewarded for not achieving corporate objectives,” Dunn wrote.
" \. y4 U# E1 l7 f- y C4 U% }( ^. I3 S$ J
MacDonald said that when a government-owned corporation performs poorly, ultimately it’s taxpayers who suffer.
2 K' w3 c9 Y4 o D
* U0 v9 s( {0 U% a$ b+ hThe whole purpose of bonuses is to motivate people to exceed expectations, he said, and giving bonuses when people fail completely defeats that.
9 G' k2 u' A9 V. J5 O% s7 i% l3 \; r- o) {5 S3 R3 Z
“We have to make sure our state-owned bank is managed in an efficient and prudent way,” MacDonald said.6 Q7 Y3 Q! b. d' \' H
( N6 {5 f. D! D! F+ c7 A
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.
+ A4 W2 ?$ A+ I7 W
) V+ t e+ a& @. m6 J% H& ?ATB, a Crown corporation, has 660,000 customers across Alberta and more than $24 billion in assets. |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2008-10-5 22:17
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
发表于 2008-10-6 19:31
3 T; y1 f( x8 _+ {9 G
