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Benefits and Areas for Improvement
Question 20: Please provide us with any additional comments regarding areas of
improvement for this program.
Twenty-eight respondents to Question 20 provided 36 different responses that were
broken down into 4 categories:
• Eliminate (14)
• Restructure Program (8)
• Lack of Rewards (7)
• Communication Issues (5)
Approximately 39% of the responses to Question 20 indicated that the Performance
Management Plan should be eliminated. The Restructure Program category includes
comments from respondents who said the program needed to be modified in one way or
another; nearly one-quarter (22%) of responses offered these suggestions. Five out of 36
responses (14%) indicated that there were not enough rewards in completing the program
and discussed performance pay possibilities. Additionally, the responses in the
Communication Issues category included comments regarding lack of information,
consistency, and communication. Approximately 19% of responses were in the
Communication Issues category.
Eliminate
Nearly 39% of the responses received said, in one way or another, that respondents would
like to see the program eliminated. Many did not offer reasons beyond, “Do away with,”
“…don’t feel its worthwhile,” and, “This program needs to be dumped.” One of the
reasons for eliminating the program that was offered concerned time issues. This
respondent said, “Takes way too much time—as well as employees. I can’t imagine
those having 10-15 or even 20 employees!” Others stated that one should not need a
program to recognize benefits. One such respondent said, “Get rid of program. Benefits
should be seen by well-run offices without the Performance Planning Program.”
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