What merits an increase in pay?
SO OUR chief executive, John van de Loadsadosh, is to get a wage increase of £5,400, raising his salary from £189,600 to £195,000.
This is a 2.89 per cent rise. The question has got to be why has Stoke-on-Trent City Council employed this waste of space with an incremental increase in his contract.
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MORE MONEY: City council chief executive John van de Laarschot will pocket a £5,400 increase in his basic salary. His basic salary will go up to £195,000 from April due to an incremental increase allowed under the terms of his contract. Inset, our story about the increase.
Interestingly this increase does not come under the Government's public sector pay freeze.
He is the chief executive of a city that measures only seven miles by four miles.
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Why hasn't our council implemented pay cuts at the top, when they knew they had to bring in drastic cuts? They should take a 10 or 15 per cent pay cut. If the council leaders announced pay cuts the public would think better of them.
In other areas pay cuts have taken place due to cuts. I refer to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, which has cut the pay of its chief executive by six per cent. His directors have taken a pay cut too.
This pay rise comes at a time when the councillors of our city have sanctioned cuts to the value of £21 million, with 200 jobs losses, the closure of St Michael's care home and 30 to 40 lollipop men and women losing their jobs. This is on top of the £36 million cuts and another 1,000 job losses.
Reading in The Sentinel Mr van der Laarschot has to undertake an appraisal to assess his performance – surely can't they see what we all can see.
I can't list anything he has done for this city in the four years he has been in his position.
One thing we must remember is that the Prime Minister of the country is on a measly £142,500.
P A BALL
Bucknall
3 Comments
by I_Norris
Wednesday, March 06 2013, 5:27PM
“I asked what his targets were, the reply as expected
Dear Mr Norris
Your request for information ref. SOT22796 on the Chief Executives performance appraisal.
We have now considered your request for information and although we do hold the information that you have asked for, unfortunately it is exempt under section 40 of the Act and will not be released
Section 40(2) of the Act allows us to withhold information if it relates to someone other than the data subject and where disclosing the information would contravene the principles of the Data protection Act 1998.
A performance review is an assessment of an officer's personal ability to perform a particular task or sets of tasks. This is regardless of the position or seniority of the officer. The information you are requesting is personal data. Due to this, the information you have requested is exempt under the above Section.”
by pj123
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 2:44PM
“This man was set up by his "common purpose" mates to have his bed feathered a long time ago.
Failure brings fat bonus's and pay increases.
Just ask any "officer of the council" they have it sown up while the plebs (us) will be bled dry in tax's.”
by focusboy
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 12:28PM
“When John was being assessed on his performance did the panel take in to account the performance of his assistant?”