I am not against bonuses for employees, even in the public sector, but I am not sure how you measure performance of a clerk employee and come up with a dollar amount for that bonus (Item #28). According to this document (payforperformance);
Performance shall be assessed annually based on the following three-level scale of performance: exceeds performance expectations, meets expectations, and failed to meet expectations.
Call me crazy, but if you are exceeding expectations, you would receive a raise, if you are meeting expectations, you get a COLAÂ raise and keep your job. If you are not meeting expectations, you lose your job. Pretty simple I would think?
Not sure who cooked up this idea, but I think these employees are already WELL compensated for doing their jobs. The firing of Debra Owen is costing us more and more everyday.