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October 06, 2005
Bank In Stew Over Veg Abuse
Or so the headline reads in the latest amicus magazine. It appears that the Bank of Scotland have been using vegetables in a bid to motivate staff at their branches.
All sounds a little far fetched, until searching Google comes up with Scottish TV's coverage of the story, as well as news on the BBC's website 
Using a cabbage to highlight the worst performing member of staff, it appearing on their desk in full view of customers. It would then move on once someone else was found to be performing worse than they were. It certainly worked, one customer, feeling so sorry on hearing the reason behind it, agreeing to sign up for more insurance to boost the teller's sales and get rid of the veg
It brings back a lot of the problems Jules had when working for the council in Letchworth. Thankfully then it was sorted out by her union representative, and the people involved reprimanded. But it does make you wonder what some people are thinking of when you read stories like this.
Posted by alan at October 6, 2005 10:39 AM
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