Mayor Oberholtzer asked Interim City Manager, Jim Brooks to hold off on doing employee reviews until Brooks' contract expires February 13th, his reason being employee morale. Mayor Jerry Oberholtzer would like Mr. Brooks' successor to conduct the reviews and pay raises.
People without any management experience would wonder, "why wait on the reviews?" The reason is that when a predecessor has done reviews and pay raises, employees will generally be more loyal to the reviewer. By allowing the new City Manager of Snellville (when hired) to conduct the reviews, it will help the employees bond with the new supervisor. It just generally makes sense from a people perspective...but it probably generally angers the employees when they hear that their reviews (ie pay raises) have been stalled. This is only good for employee morale if the employees involved do not know about it. If they know about it, it will backfire and hurt morale. Oops. Who talked?
According to this news story, Mayor Oberholtzer felt attacked by members of the City Council, so he walked out on the meeting. I don't really blame him. The frustration must be really...well, frustrating! Better to walk out than to cuss out people. LOL!
But Hubs has a different perspective - he says that what should and needs to happen should just happen on schedule (the reviews and pay raises) and that the problem with management types (like me?! LOL) is that we try to arrange things to fit our business agendas, and we should just keep things simple. Hmmm. Good point there.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Snellville City Council and Mayor at Odds Again
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jerry oberholtzer,
jim brooks,
snellville city council,
snellville city manager
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Darla, I can kind of see both sides of this argument...the city is in a tough situation (not having a permanent city manager).
ReplyDeleteIt makes sense for Mr. Brooks to conduct the evaluations since he has seen the employees work over the last year...but then again, he will not see any potential repercussions or results.
If the department heads & council are concerned about the timing of the raises, why doesn't the city 'back-date' them (i.e., make them effective at a given date previously)? Once again, there's my business mind taking over vs. the political one...
It sounds like the city's in a vicious circle...if we had a permanent city manager this probably wouldn't happen and maybe council & mayor wouldn't bicker (as much). Then if there was some form of peace at city hall then it may be easier to attract a city manger...who knows.
Didn't I read that they were going on a weekend retreat together? I would have thought some of these things could have been worked out.
Oh yes, I'm sure the pay raises would be retroactive, but to the employee, the main thought is probably "just give me my *dang* money"
ReplyDelete*probably not their choice of word LOL