Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
useful guide to the seven habits of spectacularly unsuccessful executives
caught my eye, yes
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Kumara Republic,
counterparts in Sydney
Though note that the smaller "City of Sydney" local authority area only has 182,000 people living in it - a tad smaller than the former Waitakere City part of the Auckland region, for instance (though economically larger, for sure).
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
better photo plus the avalanche of comments
so true
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Unrepentant Marryatt confuses ongoing pay rise wth one-off performance bonus.
The Christchurch City Council's controversial chief executive has defended his $68,000 pay rise, saying it is recognition of his performance during a year in which he has "never worked as hard in my life".
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Asked whether he should accept the increase after such a tough year for many Christchurch residents, Marryatt said his job was more important than ever.
"I would say there is a case for the exact opposite. My job has grown immensely. The market remuneration we are talking about is not for my new job, it is for my old job. It is for what the council was in September 2010. The benefit is for the city if they have a motivated and high-performing CEO," he said.
He would have considered his position in Christchurch if the pay rise had not been approved by councillors.
"It would have depended how council framed it. I feel I should be paid fair remuneration for the position and if the council had said, `Here is the market remuneration, but your performance has dropped so we are going to pay you like this', I would have said, `Fine, how do I improve my performance?' If they had just said, `Here is what you are performing at, but politically we are going to pay you this.' That would have put me in a position of saying, `Is that how a good employer should operate?' That would have got me thinking," he said.
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Angry reaction to the pay rise may have been due to earthquake-related stress, he said.
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
There have been public protests outside the civil defence operations centre in that building. Visible security guard is little surprise.
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to Hilary Stace,
3rd world
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
the City Art Gallery
still the emergency hq as well?
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Lilith __,
I imagine they'd be fine, what with the gyrostabilisers and all
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Russell Brown,
burgeoning
all about the loot
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
problem for Bob is that he's not a banker or insurance industry rep and the person 'withholding the truth' is not him nor anyone he controls.