Government Productivity Consultant Parry Bellot has suggested that the majority of the country’s public servants are not pulling their weight.
According to Bellot 80 per cent of public officers fall into that category – he had earlier suggested that productivity in government was at about 15 per cent, and that productivity in the private sector was down from the 20 percent he indicated that it had been in the 1980s and early 90s during the Eugenia Charles administration.
Consultant Bellot spoke at a news conference on Wednesday where he disclosed that he had presented a report to government on the status of productivity in Dominica’s public and private sectors.
He conceded when questioned that his findings were based on anecdotal evidence and not any scientific survey or study, with Bellot telling reporters that he had been operating over the past several months without a budget.
He defended the percentage figures he advanced by explaining that his conclusions were based for example on interaction “with 200 people where only 40 came through as being very serious”.
The Public Service Union (PSU) which represents the majority of public workers in the country, has denounced the figures being advanced by Productivity Consultant Bellot.
“That is not true, I don’t know how he arrived at his figures,” PSU General Secretary Thomas Letang told Dominica News Online.
“If you are a consultant and you are charged with that level of responsibility then you have to make sure that you do a professional assessment of the situation,” Letang said of Bellot.
He told DNO that there were many areas of the public service where it was difficult to assess the work of employees, including nurses, querying whether they should be judged on the number of people they attended to or the quality of service provided.
“I am fully aware of the level of sacrifice being made by public officers, you find on certain days there are people who are working up to seven o’clock in the evening. If that is not productivity I want to know what it is,” Letang said.
He also suggested that some public servants were hampered by the unavailability of equipment and tools in the performance of their duties.
“Now I will have to admit that there are people who are not giving their best … but overall the majority of public officers are performing very well, and I totally disagree with Mr Bellot,” The PSU General Secretary told DNO.
Parry Bellot told reporters at his news conference “The challenges of productivity in Dominica are very deep, are very profound”.
“There are a lot a lot of deep entrenched problems in getting the society generally more productive but especially the government institutions,” the consultant said.
He is recommending that the government tackles the productivity problem in the public service by concentrating on one ministry at a time, by changing the rules and incentives in a bid to improve productivity levels.
Parry you yourself not productive. if that percentage were not productive, the country would be shut down. What yardstick did you use, or did Skerrit pull the brakes on you so you had to rush and say that. While i agree, that there are some aspects of non productivity, I do not believe that it is so high,. Then again since people are not motivated then we expect that. Also since the baby boomers are all retiring and nothing is done to keep them on for a while for at least another two years while they train the new officers, that is sure to happen.
PARRY PLEASE PLEASE !
DON,T STEP ON MY FOOT.
Since public servant makes nothing that anyone wants to buy, the pay of public servant has to taken in a form of taxes, Mr Bellot is absolutely right to touch a sensitive issue that no so called politician dare mention, unfortunately our people have no work ethics, unproductive, workshy, they should face more scrutiny of their performances, constructive criticism is a good thing maybe they will take note.
PARRY BELLOT’S ASSESSMENT OF THE PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS OF DOMINICAN WORKERS IS NEITHER OBJECTIVE NOR CIENTIFIC.
BUT THEN AGAIN WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? HE HAVE WORKERS SO HE THINKING IT’S THE UNITED WORKERS PARTY HE REFERRING HE TALKING ABOUT.
WHEN YOU GIVE A MAD MAN LIKE PARRY BELLOT TO DEAL WITH ASSESSING PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS OF THE WORKFORCE… EXPECT ANYTHING. THE MAN MAD
Before any assessment particularly one of such magnitude is conducted proper evaluation tools are needed. Things like Punctuality, Attendance, Time Management (Does an individual take more than their allotted breaks, or spend significant time gossiping), Actual Job Performance (should be conducted by supervisors annually) ability to complete daily task, Able to work without supervision, Takes Initiative to do what is necessary for their department to name a few, are areas for focus etc. These findings cannot be substantiated and should not be validated because it was based on an insignificant number of workers and assumptions. That is very callous to say the least and demonstrate the lack professional ism in conducting this assessment.
I agree with you. They have to also have TARGETS which when met or exceeded should be rewarded. Poor performance is addressed by the managers of those poor performance and “help” is provided to improve. You have to separate the goats from the sheep.
Parry was given this thankless task as a reward for his political loyalty but he did not realise it was a poison chalice.
the fish rots from the head down
YOU ARE SO RIGHT! BUT THEN AGAIN, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WHEN THEY ARE NOT AFFORDED THE FREEDOM DO DO WHAT IS STIPULATED IN THEIR JOB DISCRIPTION. THE CARBINET HAS ITS TENTACLES IN ALL DEPARTMENT AND ARE ONLY DICTATING WHAT TO. HENCE THEY ARE USLESS. CABINET IS DOING EVERTHING.
As expressed by the representative from DAPEX last night. “I wish that as soon as we submitted an Invoice to government that it would be paid”….. my sentiments exactly…thing are not as they should be in CERTAIN areas of the public service and these areas negatively impact on other critical areas…..however there are MANY COMMITTED public servants bending over backwards to get things done, even with adverse pay and financial constraints……STARTING WITH TEACHERS!!!!!!!
That is the thing about Public Servants… some of them are in the service not because it is something they love, but they are in it because they had no other choice when they started the job.
They will not work, if they feel that they are not getting what they are deserved monetarily.
Truth be told, Public Servants are seeing unproductive practices from the top, so it is a case of “children live what they learn”
I am doing what I love and though it is a lot of work, and I feel like I am underpaid…. at the end of the day, I always go home satisfied…..because I have completed a days work doing what I love.
Why is it the truth or justice in our Country has to be based on Political Partisan.The question we should be asking ourselves regarding the survey carried out by Mr Bellot is weather the Public Service is really giving the service or working as they should and let us be honest. Yes, we may not like the findings of Mr Bellot, but the issue at stake is,is there a lack of production within the Public Service and this is what should be focused on and be honest with ourselves.Self examination is the hardest thing do. It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too.
Oh gad this idiot garry is back
I don’t know Mr Parry’s methodology but suggest that focusing on people and personalities is not useful, and causes blame and shame. Instead, focus on procedures, no matter who occupies a job, to identify if how things are done is effective. This is called “Process Improvement.” One type of process improvement is called Lean Six Sigma, it’s tools easily found online from numerous resources. I’ve been involved in numerous Lean Six Sigma projects and have seen major improvements in getting things done. Workers are included in the process because they often have good ideas for improvement. Showing respect for them is important because all too often they have been put down that they just give up. Keep calling someone something and they just may begin to act that way. Process improvement works. This type of approach is worth considering.
Kind Regards
I would like to know if the days when you would go to a friend’s office, at the ministries, in the middle of the day and they would just leave and go with you to Astaphan or Whitchurch are no more. Dominicans do not work eight hours a day. Sorry, I take that back, they do in our people country, not theirs.
Not the workers.. the processes. Seven people to sign one stupid thing. Go up here, come back there, stamp in this Division, then go the Ministry then go to Finance. This is what is making things look inefficient…the people are great (of course, you will always find a few bad apples here and there) but too much red, pink and blue tapes to go through. This can cause frustation…change the processes.
Both workers and processes, not just processes, because after the process has to involve 10 people,
1 worker forget, another one misplace the doc, another one out of state, missy filing her nails for the last half hour, and mr. man on BB 3/4 of the day.
I understand, but if you start with processes and procedures you get major improvements in outcomes, and the people who seem unproductive often change because they have been part of improving their own work lives. Any slackers left behind, they’ll often find something different. This isn’t just an idea, it is a successful approach to making things better.
Kkind Regards
Parry is very, very, very right! The Civil Service is Extremely, extremely, Extreeeemely unproductive.
Scientific research my foot! It is a known truth.
Letang has no choice but to defend civil servants. That’s what he is paid to do as their union representative.
Many Dcans are a bunch of laid back, complacent people who thrive on mediocrity and poor standards. All they care about is the pay check and absolutely nothing more. Not even the discipline of their own children. They will sit here in good jobs and undermine an entire system but will go to the US and work as cleaners and break their back till thy kingdom come. Dcans are just wicked people that look to blame every government for every d* thing.
When u get a 5% pay cut 10yrs ago
Inflation has gone up
Example fuel doubled in 10 years
Mortgage extended by 5-10 yrs to meet salary cut
Interest payments extended on mortgage
VAT added
School fees and books increasing and children eating more
The result is Disposable income has been dramatically dropped.
To survive one must find an alternative (legal or illegal) source of income.
Body only has so much energy
Choose to reduce energy expenditure on the less lucrative source of revenue.
Especially when 10 yrs later refusal to give back 3% salary increase while uneducated ministers get massive pay hike.
Largest cabinet ever.
Smallest ratio of advisors, consultants, senators and ministers per (Dominican) resident of any where on planet earth. 1:900
What a waste of tax payers money. Another case of jobs for the boys who consistently sing for heir supper. Oh Dominica!
Parry, you have just hit the nail on the head.
Starting from the PM to the AM .. and Parry don’t forget that’s why the farmers have stopped selling you their produce…due to the government’s drought hitting them in Dominica.
We have several ways to look at productivity. One is to focus on people, their personalities, and so on, and then typically blame people for being lazy or whatever. Another strategy exists however, and that is to look at organisational processes themselves, and not in any sort of blaming way. I’ve spent several years working as a process improvement consultant in a government agency.
The particular system I use is called Lean Six Sigma, but it’s just one process improvement model, others work too. It is interesting to get a group of workers together, work with them to review how things are done, and find efficiencies and ways to improve effectiveness. An advantage of this approach is that it treats workers as real live adults who likely understand their tasks better than the managers, because they do them. They also have ideas and opinions about how to improve things, and by listening to them, and organizing information in a process improvement structure, it is surprising how much things can be improved. It is also surprising how much “attitudes” can be improved by involving people in improving their work. This works both in the government and business.
Kind Regards
Daniel Jordan
ACCORDING TO PAT JOHN,IS SO WE COME IN DOMINICA,WHEN A MAN CAN PUBLICLY CRITICISE HIS WIFE AND HER COLLEAGUES AS BEEN INEFFICIENT IN THEIR JOBS AND THE MAN IS NOT SLEEPING IN THE DOG HOUSE UNTIL HE RECANTS HIS STATEMENT.THE NURSES, POLICE OFFICERS,FIREMEN,TEACHERS,PUBLIC SERVANTS SIT BY AND ACCEPT THE PUBLIC REPORT MADE BY PARRY AND THEY ARE STILL AT THEIR JOBS. PUBLIC WORKERS,THE MAN IS ACCUSING YOU GUYS OF BEEN LUZY, YOU GUYS DOESN’T PRODUCE, ALL YOU GUYS ARE GOING IS TO BE HAVING OLE MAS ON THE JOB. THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE IS VERY WEAK.IN THE DAYS OF PATRICK JOHN,IF HE WOULD COUGH IN PUBLIC,THE PUBLIC SERVICE WOULD GO ON SICK OUT FARLESS TO TELL THEM, ALL THEY DO IS TO WINE AND DINE ON THE JOB.
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, MY WHOLE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BOARD BECAUSE DNO ADMIN HAS BEEN DISSATISFIED WITH THE CONTENTS. I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE COMMENTS ARE FIRST READ BEFORE PLACED ON THE BOARD,THEREFORE ,WHY DOESN’T ADMIN EDIT THE COMMENTS INSTEAD OF REMOVING THE WHOLE COMMENTS. FOR INSTANCE, I INADVERTENTLY USED THE WORD BEEN INSTEAD OF BEING,ALSO I USED THE WORD GOING INSTEAD OF DOING.
Whist we may argue that Mr. Barry’s report is not scientifical, but we can conclude be just observing that we are a laid back people.
Let us all be honest and remove politics and do some self examination, we have fallen short of being a mighty nation because of our don’t care attitude and every body has to do my job attitude and riendship and gossip in the work place has become very efficient.I am amazed that our work ethics has muched to be desired. Whilst one may argue that the pay is little we still do not perform to convience our employers that more is needed. There is a lot of abuse going on in the public service. The telephones, vehicles, supplies and even time is abused. No one is ever busy to go to work and when we do get there it takes another hour to settle, we are offten times late for work or report sick when we can do much better. Why? because there is job security and no accountabilty. We are well traveled people and often times call the radio stations to boast about America, but observe the Americans, they are always busy to get to there place of employment and they are costumer oriented, because without the costumer there would be no business. I recently travelled from another caribbean country to here and I was disgusted when I arrived here to seethat the toilets in the airpots were is such a state. From very young I was taught that everything worth doing is worth doing well, therefore if your job is cleaning the toilets do it well! Can you imagine how the word of dirty toilets would tarnish our image in ‘America’, because ever so often the toilets are cleaned because they take pride in their work.Let us begin to work as if wewant to and appreciate our jobs which put food on the table and money in our pockets!Just look at the Hatians and the Chinese very productive people, but in order to get like them we must first change our lazy, wicked and selfish mentality.
I HOPE YOU CHECKED THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM
What type of PRODUCTIVITY CONSULTANT Parry is?
Parry needs a dose of productivity himself.
Tell Parry Bellot it begins with him. His position is just one that needs to be eliminated. Parry Bellot you just joined the NON PRODUCTIVE SECTOR. You increased it. Government has a statical division and you are being paid a hefty sum to do what.
Even if the consultant is a mad man he is definitely correct..Government and the union should put a committee together to seriously look into this situation.
The only Public Officers who need to increase their productivity are the axtra large Cabinet of Ministers and the useless advisers who are being paid huge sums by the Tax payers dollars. “Including Parry”.
I am surprised that both Mr Bellot and Mr Letang did not find it fit to ask the customers receiving the service from the public officials. This is where you begin such a survey, ask the public and we will tell you that the public sector service sucks! It is the worst sector for service from the National Bank to Ministry to the Police to Ports & Customs – we the public get no service from that inefficient bunch! A waste of tax payers’ money! They arrogant and inefficient!
DNO you sanctioned my comments again!! What’s up with that? Who all you working for DNO? Let the people speak nuh man!
Parry Bellot is just Echoing the sentiments of Roosevelt Skerrit.. Go Figure
I think Parry should publish his methodology in arriving at such a blanket statement. What was the measurement? was it based on the GDP, the results in the productive areas like agriculture, tourism etc. If the service is 80% unproductive, then the country is in serious problems. Parry are you trying to tells us something. It appears based on Parry’s statement that the country is on the brink of collapse. It is in serious crisis.
Parry is right and we know it!! But let us hang him anyway.
@Tomas Public servants all over are known to be unproductive!
Parry, you may be right but as your boss says:”bring us the evidence!”. If your are not measuring you are just playing and far from efficient yourself!
You know what, sometimes I am really left to wonder about Dominicans, you people really come across as a confused nation, no wonder your government continues to disrespect you and take you for a ride.
I do not have much respect for Mr. Bellot as a professional, but sometimes, we have to forget the messenger for a minute and look at the message. Is there more truth to it than not. The answer is a resounding yes!
Everyone will agree that public officers are inefficient, to say the least. Now, you can argue as to what the contributing factors are, but at the surface level, they are incompetent. I am not saying that they are uneducated, some of them just do not apply themselves, and some lack interest period!
The registry is an area that needs serious help. The ministries are in crisis. I believe the technical officers lack training and expertise in their field.
Parry may not have a proper survey to entail real statistics, but if he said he reviewed 200 people this is infact a survey. Isn’t it?
We complain all the time about the lack of service we receive from officers of various departments, now we turn around and defend.
How are we ever going to address the problem if we continue to shy away from it. It is a big monster but in order to be able to address it we must first acknowledge that it exist.
Now Parry may not want to talk too much about that one, but take a look at the ministers training and their various portfolios. The fish begins rotting from the head.
Then we see a domino effect of that, the whole public service is run on political appointments, no one has to be qualified to be anything, you just have to be favored by the politician of the day and you’re in.
These are the ugliness that we have growing in our public service. There are ministers appointing persons with no degree or persons still working on a degree while there are people out there with degrees waiting for jobs.
Mr. Letang love his public servants, but I believe that if you love someone you should tell them the truth about themselves.
Mr. Achille Chris Joseph of the DAIC has been hinting to this problem of productivity or unproductivity for the last few years. He produced a report on the abuse of sick leave by Physicians and employees in 2010 and the cost to the nation. His point was that the public and private employers did not get their monies worth from employees. That is unproductivity!I believe that Parry’s conclusions are morally correct even though he failed to produce empirical evidence. We are fast becoming a lazy society; wanting to eat and but do no work. Let’s take a look at our national performance in terms of trade and production of goods and services. Are we improving? I doubt it! Are there more people lingering on the job nowadays? Sure! Are Trade Unions making requests for more vacation leave and time-off for their members? Definately! Hey, we are surely unproductive! Statistics or no statistics, we can see our unproductivity everyday in our faces. Speak to public and private sector managers and they will tell you how difficult it is to get many employees to perform.
u can hav all 96 degrees n still “not apply urself and lack interest and b lazy” – so wats ur point…
This is all a big joke, a laughable matter coming from this “consultant”. Is Parry Bellot qualified in any way, besides being a man “full of ideas” to make such a statement? Parry is a known character, so who would really take him seriously while he was conducting the so called survey? Is government really serious about engaging Bellot as a productivity consultant or did they just want to have him occupied?
This man goes around giving the impression that he is brilliant but in my opinion, all he has is a bunch of ideas, many of which are just not practical. How productive has he been over the years?
how productive have you been? Parry giving ideas and i not seeing one idea you gave or fact for what you claim. He has ideas but what do you have? roll eyes some people !
the public sector is highly unproductive, whether Parry’s survey was scientific or not is another issue, but, his findings are not far from the truth.
Mr. Letang and his organization should conduct a scientific survey and use their findings when negotiating salary increases next time around.
I WOULD NOT DO ANY THING IF I AM UNDERPAID…SORRY
In that case you should not be paid at all.
EXACTLY!! Which is game theory 101, if you pay the good and bad worker the same, the good worker has an incentive to be less industrious.
We need to adopt an approach that pays people on what they produce!
So true. The communist model all over again. I make five pairs shoes I receive one pound of rice. I make ten pairs of shoes I receive one pound of rice. Another worker makes one pair and receives the same payment. What’s my incentive to be productive?. That my friends is life in DA.
well quit nuh, let somebody else do the job
I WOULD NOT DO ANY THING MUCH IF I AM UNPAID.POLITICIANS ARE PUTTING ALL THE MONEY IN THEIR POCKET WHILE OTHER CIVIL SERVANTS STRAIN THEMSELVES UNDER HARD WORK FOR THE SCARP…..HOW MANY GOV’T WORKERS WHO WITH PROPER SECURITY EQUIPMENTS, SUCH AS HATS,GLOVES,SHOES AND MANY MORE…THE WORKERS MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN EQUIPMENTS ….BAD SIGN
Work conditions may be harzdous and I do declare need much intervention and improvement, however you are PAID to do a job and that must come first. You can’t demand higher wages for lack lustre service.
I worked as a public officer for eight years I worked damn hard for my money. Worked weekends, long hours and most others did. I’m sure there are productivity issues to be adressed with some civil servants but not to that extent. I think the problems with productivity has more to do with processes and red tape than with the workers.Parry you were paid to do a job, do it. This is embarassing. When a PM has to aprove every single thing,micromanaging what he not uspposed to do. What do you expect ?
I thought I heard he called press conference? I mean… called press people for unfactual and hearsay things???? I know as a civil servant that more is needed to be done…I will not say things are perfect..far from it but 80%? 80%? I work in an area..where so much work is being done…with a staff of 25 or so.. I will only say tops..five people are not operating as should. I deal with other people in the Ministries and they can be so helpful so I dont know. I guess any results..would be taken with a grain of salt.
the percentage is my worry – 80% is non-productive. Is he even aware what he is saying.
Based on your area – Parry means 20 of you all are not working – FLAT OUT LAZY.
Working till 7pm is not a measure of productivity. If I do not manage my time properly of course I will have to work to 7pm…duh
but again is what are they doing? doing personal work using the government ink and paper…
Parry, so you were given a job… “PRODUCTIVITY CONSULTANT”…
A. Did it take you 2 years on the job to find out that 80% of civil servants are not pullimg their weights?
B. Did you meet productivity at 15% and now you are boasting that you increased it to 20% after rapping with 200 people?
C. Your contract is coming to an end and you need to say something so that “a Sean Douglas” will not happen to you?
D. All of the above
Which is it Parry? A, B, C or D
WE SHOULDN’T TAKE THIS PERSONNAL. DOMINICANS ARE WAY TO EMOTIONAL. THE FACT IS WE AND I SAY WE, ARE ARE LAZY PEOPLE PERIOD. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SOCIETY. TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIBRANT WORKFORCE AGES 25 – 55. ITS A MOCKERY OF OUR SOCIETY IF YOU ASK ME.
THIS IS AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT PLUS/MINUS 3-4 PERCENTAGE POINTS.
Sometimes the more high heels and make up they wear, the less professional they are while the young men can be very laid back.
And it took him a year to come up with this nonsense? Cure thyself, physician.
Parry is right . He also part of that satistics.
Your comment cracked me up. Good one!
YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD
First things first, I do not know what scientific process Mr. Bellot used to arrive at his findings, whats sad is that he does not need one, I am not trained in human resources, there fore I cannot fix the problem but what I can say is that anyone in Dominica who does not recognize this finding as true is not honest with themselves. I visit alot of caribbean Islands so I am not comparing Dominica to large developed countries, but wow…. it is not easy to get something done in Dominica. Try going to a government office, or private sector business for that case, which leads me to belive that it is a cultural thing. For instance in the virgin islands, the productivity at government offices is very bad, but in the private sector it is much better, and I think that has to do with the fact that there are people who are trained so one knows that they can be replaced. The question of whether or not Dominicans are lazy, I think the answer is yes, but it starts at the top
First place I want us ro start is by speaking correctly, take for instance the previous comment “dominicans working in the public service seat there like sheep and take that???” Maybe Mr. Bellot spoke to that peoson and tried to convince them that “seat” is what you sit on… an
When, and only when, we Dominicans are taught from childhood, yes childhood, to equate INCOME with PRODUCTIVITY, will we begin to see a shift from this grave malaise which plagues every aspect of Dominican life.
Both gentlemen need to do better.
First off, Mr. Bellot should have demanded a reasonable budget. To do this type of assessment, one needs to meet with agency heads, government supervisors and other leaders within the public service so that they can set standards and benchmarks for performance across the board. Then one would need to carry out extensive surveys of workers at all levels to get a broad view of the work base. Those results would then need to be collated and analyzed by trained statisticians.
This anecdotal evidence no doubt gives an inaccurate picture of the public service. I too personally believe that many who work in the public service aren’t pulling their weight, but speaking with a few people and making a tally of “serious” and “not serious” cannot form the basis of ANY report to government.
Mr. Letang on the other hand is not much better than Mr. Bellot. A person’s sacrifice does not speak to their productivity on the job, so the example of individuals working until 7:00 PM does not help is case. As a matter of fact, having to work until 7:00 PM might be evidence of their lack of productivity and inefficiency during normal working hours!
That’s why I believe in letting the numbers speak. We all know what Mr. Bellot said is true, but absent raw data, it can be blasted. What he should do is come up with concrete measures and re-do his analysis. He has a “theory” that we are unproductive. Now, he just need to determine his methods and prsent a sounds (or somewhat sound) analysis based on data.
How can 80% of any organisation be failing and things are still continuing as it is in a place like Dominica? I mean the civil service is the biggest in the country… they are the teachers, ministry workers, nurses etc and you are telling me that more than three quarters are not producing. PLLLEAAASEEEEE. Learn to do your job Parry..that is collect credible information and tablulate it properly..there are a few ICT programmes that could help you ..or check the People at the Statitics Office..they will you teach how to do these things. so who is keeping the country afloat…I guess is the grants and chinese for true….as the opposition says. Skerrit…dont renew his contract…..stupes… I could not be more vex today.
More like four fifths (4/5)
Did Parry say 80% not pulling their weight???
I agree that some DON’T pull their weight for sure,…. but…..80 percent?
PARRY DO ME A FAVOR, FIND OUT HOW MUCH OVERTIME AND RETROACTIVE PAY THAT GOVERNMENT OWE TO PUBLIC SERVANTS………..TALLY THIS INFORMATION AND GET BACK TO US, I’M WAITING! OHH AND WHILE YOU AT IT! FIND OUT WHEN LAST IN THE 22 YEARS PORT WORKERS RECEIVE A WAGE INCREASE. YOU CAN CONTACT WAWU FOR THAT INFORMATION IF IT ELUDES YOU!
YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE WORK TO MEET THEIR COMMITMENTS PARRY AND THE BEST WAY TO ENCOURAGE EFFICIENCY IS FAIRRRRR COMPENSATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it’s true parry is right on some what,some of the bank worker are rude,
Foolishness. Only in Dominica can a man sit in an office by himself and think of figures and call that a national figure. As a civil servant.. I am aghast at this nonsense. I, mean, come on Bellot. I mean they gave you a job to deal with productivity.. you have nothing to show of the things you have done to improve the public service…and now talking rubbish about 80%.. 80%!!!!!!! Wow… look foolishness.. I hope Mr. Skerrit makes you accountable for your words….
Back to the drawing board..no interview with civil servants… .no one knows if a survery was held …from the lowest paid to the most Senior yet results are out….rubbish I say.
PARRY IF YOU DONT KNOW SOME OF THE INDICATORS WHICH MAKES CIVIL SERVANTS DONT PRODUCE TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IS
1, INCENTIVES. GOVERNMENT SAY THEY GIVING HOUSING LOANS TO CIVIL SERVANTS WHO HAVE SMALLER SALARIES, GUESS WHO QUALIFY, THE ONE THEY SEND DOWN AND NOT THE ONES WHO ARE THERE 15, 20 YEARS. NOTHING FOR THE OLDER SERVANTS..
2.GIVE APPOINTS WHEN DUE, ALLU HAVE PEOPLE WORKING LIKE DEY IN HOLLYWOOD, ACTING ACTING
3. STOP APPOINTING PARTY SUPPORTERS OVER THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK, MARK YOU MOST OF THOSE SEND DOWNS ARE VERY LAZY.
4. WE NEED A 52 PERCENT INCREASE LIKE SKERRIT
MAKE US HAPPY AND WE WILL GO TO WORK INSTEAD OF CHURCH.
PARRY I CAN GO ON AND ON BUT I AM SURE YOU GET THE PICTURE..
Giving people more benefits based on nothing (no output) is wasted capital.
so it is also wasted capital to pay “certain people” $8000 dollar salary PLUS allowances
FOR DOING WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT????????
AS A HARD WORKING PUBLIC OFFICER I FIND MR. BELLOT’S UTTERANCES TO BE HIGHLY INSULTIVE TO SAY THE LEAST……TRUE, SOME OF US DON’T PULL OUR WEIGHT BUT IF 80% OF US NOT WORKING THEN THE WHOLE DAM SYSTEM WOULD HAVE FALLEN APART LONG AGO IN BETHLEHEM!!!
MR. BELLOT I SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK INSTEAD TO TH WANTON CLEAR AS DAY CASES OF THE POLICY MAKERS THE SYSTEM AND GIVING US ADMINISTRATORS THE HEADACHE TO DEAL WITH!
The truth is Parry is correct however an imbecile can walk around Dominica and come up with the same conclusion. A job well done Parry – the check is in the mail!!!!!@. Agriculture is waiting for cremation; construction is at the infirmary; manufacturing is at the funeral home; tourism has migrated; the merchants and business owners are imports from China ; Considering all these factors who need a trained productivity consultant – Parry can do the job after all.
As a public servant i am offended!!!!
He defended the percentage figures he advanced by explaining that his conclusions were based for example on interaction “with 200 people where only 40 came through as being very serious”.
This is a big joke man???
This is why I will quit as soon as I get my green card. Already I have to wait an entire month to get paid, whereas in the modern world, the average person get paid weekly or fortnightly. By the time I pay my bills, I am broke.
Parry, I have to save a little energy, and leave work early when I can to go to my garden after work to make ends meet. (So that i can feed and make and allow my 2 boys to be happy).
You cannot judge the entire public service by rapping to a few friends on the roadside and on the ministry staircase.
Talking about green card. on ho, how ignorant are you?
Not only that…how does he define serious? Such a subjective conclusion to be imposed on the masses.
intellectual content
These are the intellectuals we have. They should make Parry Bellot Statistics Instructor at the Stae College.
Mr. Letang working up till 7pm does not mean productivity it generally implies lack of proper work management. If those staying late have to respond to overseas queries or had meetings during the day that prevented them from attending to the mornings workload then I can appreciate that. Take for example the Registry at the Bayfront…what is so taxing about some of those people’s jobs that they are more interested in chatting with their colleagues than paying attention to visitors of that department. As a visitor to this island I think that the public service sector here is lacking tremendously in customer services skills. You can’t get anyone who knows anything about anything in the majority of those offices. Take a chance and ring the government switchboard throughout the day. On average it takes ten to fifteen rings before it is answered..that can be reduced at best to five rings. When I did get through to the department the person on the other end cannot answer my question I was transferred five times to get someone who could help me. If you work in a particular environment for so long you should know the most appropriate person to transfer a call to when a question is posed by a caller especially calling from Europe. I did take the direct number of the department and got a response in just five rings. Mr. Letang the general atmosphere within the public service system is depressing. Maybe you could encourage dialogue and improved customer service training. There is always room for advancement in all sectors and the government departments are a good place to start. On an average day too many persons are either late for work or having a sick day.
As a visitor to this island I think that the public service sector here is lacking tremendously in customer services skills. You can’t get anyone who knows anything about anything in the majority of those offices.
HOW CAN YOU GET ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING WHEN EVERYTHINNGGGGGGG HAS TO GO THROUGH THE MINISTER???? TOO MUCH AUTOCRACY???? MAYBE????
HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY SOMEONE GETTING A $8000 SALARY, ONLY TO PASS ON THE BURDEN OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO A JUNIOR OFFICER WHICH IS NOT PAID A QUARTER OF THAT AMOUNT?????? THOSE ARE THE ISSUES THAT CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
..” As a visitor to this island…” REALLY? and you sound so informed as DOMINICAN? why you all have to pretend to be foreign to say what is factual. You are raising some vital points but this AS A VISITOR lie is old and overplayed. Just make your point.
I am reading this article and laughing away. The productivity consultant is producing a report that is counter productive. Is Parry Bellot trained to assess productivity; Is parry Bellot trained in Human resource management; Is Parry trained in material resource management?. This episode is yet another indication of our lack of growth and development- too many people in positions that are beyond their training and or expertise. The man in charge of the country’s finance is a school teacher; A bunch of ministers who have never managed a foul cage; Special advisors and ambassadors with bad grammar – ask Sean Douglas about the many letters he had to edit because of bad grammar.(stuttering is no excuse for grammatical errors).
What is even more intriguing is that it was expected that Parry would report that after two years of consultancy productivity has risen. Instead Parry chose to shoot himself in the foot and possibly pushed his employers under the bus. I only now understand the New Chronicle cartoon rendition depicting a donkey on Parry’s back instead of Parry on the donkey’s back.
Get it straight, Civil Servants are the ones who are there to direct and advise Ministers on the intricacies of the workings of the Public Service; it is true that most politicians are not or have never been public servants so they are not too au courant with the intricacies of the service, so yes they must edit, correct the spelling,guide and direct the policitians in
office( that is the job of a civil servant to perform without fair or favour). Without the politicians , the service will still work, this is how it is everywhere…so politicians come and politicians go but the peoples’ business will always continue.
Civil Servants should be proud when they perform their duties admirably, you are important regardless of what anyone says.
Read carefully the bad grammar comment is about special advisors and ambassadors- I know what I am talking about.
Loud and clear, is that why you have “foul” cage instead of “fowl” cage..I suppose you really know what you are talking about.
” The man in charge of the country’s finance is a school teacher; ” and you say that because school teachers lack some level of intelligence because you may have studied human resource or have a BA in English like him? You would not get where you are without a school teacher I find you overly zealous and empty! YES I AM School Teacher with the utmost respect for school teachers! It is one thing to say he lacks the expertise in finance, diplomacy, management, even to say a degree in political science could lend to his credentials but you out of order to disrespect our SCHOOL TEACHERS. Some of you attend some backland university nobody ever heard of, of studied redunant non-challenging subject and fancy yourselves as brilliant. Intelligence my dear is a gift not bestowed on many academic fools like yourself. I understand and find it gritty that we have ministers of government unable to string a coherent sentence let alone understand their porfolios, but your outright disrespect to school teachers, whom you seem to turn your nose upon I will defend. Damn some people just get ahead of themselves!
Thanks for the correction .I recognize the error as soon after I posted the blog. I didn’t feel the need to post a followup since I was confident that people like you would be mature enough to recognize ” hey this is not a medium for political and grammatical “Kor rect ness”. Besides who cares – a “foul cage” could be satirical.
I dub you the the grammar police on DNO- don’t be shy- you’ve earned it.
Although I question Parry’s methodology, I also agree with the productivity Consultant. Dominica needs to revise its productivity levels. There is great need to reflect on the aging of the work force. Very interestingly, there are number of young energized professionals; either they are in the wrong area of work, that is not using their resource efficiently or unemployed. That has to be changed. We complain about the same things, yet no change. The government system still function with a structure of the 60’s. We need to leave in the now. Persons are too comfortable; hence, incur efficiency problems. The economy was shifted from production base to service based. We should take hind. Look at Trinidad for example. look at Cuba and there recent drastic change. People need to have pride in their job. The Government must put pressure, in views to increase work ethics. Another thing the Government should do is revise working hours. Public servants has always competed with Business hours and working hours. The system need to be revised in order to see change.
I am very dissapointed in Parry’s behaviour.
I mean to say, it is not a private business that you are running to come to a press conference with annecdotal(hear/say) evidence.WE NEED PROOF.
Will you hand over this report to the IMF Parry?
Shame Shame Shame.
Finally somebody is speaking out about the lack of discipline and “Respect” the workers have. Well done Mr. Bellot. Some of the workers are rude and lazy. I remember when my mom was dying of cancer at the hospital in Roseau. I would go up at 6a.m in the morning to bathe and feed her and change her bed sheets. Go back down to town and come back at noon with lunch. Go back down and come back at six with dinner and stay till 10p.m. But before I left for the night I would change her pamper and tell the night nurse that I left a clean one at the foot of the bed. The next morning when I return my mom would be soaked with urine and the clean diaper still unused. I mean the whole bed would be soaked. I never said anything to anyone. My mom died after her two weeks stay there. Saying it and writing about it makes me sick. That happened in !993 and in 2005 my dad was in hospital with cellulitis and I went home just having had two surgeries for cancer, when I saw my dad he was restrained with a piece of rope that cut his skin. He was 92 years old. He was telling me that he made a bm and I went to the nurse and she told me “Why don’t you change him”. I knew that things hadn’t changed much from 13 yrs. since my mom had passed away. I did tell her that I couldn’t do it because I just had surgery. I cried for my mom and my dad and that is one of the reasons I do not want to retire in Dominica.
I am sorry that you had those bad experiences and my condolences to you. However, Mr Bellot cannot in an official capacity make those statements without first conducting a proper scientific study.
I agree that there are good- for- nothings in the public service, but that is world- wide.
Mr Bellot needs to perform a proper assessment, and identify the problems so solutions can be sought.
Once again sorry for your loss and alleged inhumane treatment of your folks.
productivity or the lack thereof is without a doubt a reality in the public and private sector.
If one is charged with the responsibility of conductivity a productivity assessment, then they should have the necessary resources and methodology to conduct the survey correctly and have proof of the findings.
A joke that man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr. bellot to justify his salary just open his mouth and say dominicans Lazy… and dominicans working in the public service seat there like sheep and take that???
Is he saying that nurses and teachers are inefficient?
Efficiency in its simplest definition is “getting more out of less” Is da man saying that there is wastage in the teaching and nursing service?
I want to justify the 100% salary increase of cabinet members. he also need to justify the need for all these ministers in government vis a vis the concept of productivity… that is where he need to start…but again what does parry know about productivity…
****That could very well be true****!
Many times Police,firemen at work playing domino.
Some government offices lack proper customer service. Some of the workers treat you as if you’re a pain in the for even asking for help……….
There are real signes of carelessness among some public workers!
So what do we do about it?
What is Bellot’s qualifications in that area to be imposed on the Dominican people as productivity consultant? There are teachers working for decades and doing a great job developing the young minds to become accountants, scientists, farmers, doctors, lawyers, nurses, teachers, business men and women among others, who do not receive the kind of salary Bellot is getting.
The Ministries of Agriculture, Trade, Education, Health, etc., all should be dealing with productivity within their reswoective Ministries. Why should the DLP Govt. force a job for Bellot, fooling people about Productivity?
If one asks Bellot what has he been doing so far as Productivity consultant, he would find it difficult to give any credible response. Show us the results. Absolutely nothing. Nada. Rien to show. It is just job for the boys.
i want to give u two thumbs up and a big toe!
Look at the picture of inefficiency talking about inefficiency inefficiently!
i am a senior civil servant and has not yet been interviewed by anyone with regards to the work i do, its pros and cons, effectiveness, things of that sort. ..
i bet if they ask him to do a survey on those ministers, his survey will say SKERRIT THIS, SKERRIT THAT…
admin where de rest of my post… i will stop coming der
My Dear boomboomt, if you are really a senior civil servant then we may have more problems than those outlined by Mr. Bellot. As a senior civil servant do you write and send out correspondence with such grammar? “I am a senior civil servant and has not ….” Do you ever say “I has?”
Looks like we have too many square pegs in round holes.
Mr. Bellot may now have to organize a basic English class for senior civil servants.
just a typo, i guess you must be jesus, never made any mistakes
parry the reason why public officers are inefficient is because for TOO LONG they have be bullied and victimized by government ministers.. ministers who are interesting in their own SELFISH MOTIVES!!! that is why many of the same officers you bashing now are politically appointed!! god the audacity…..The continuous perpetuation of injustice in Dominica will certainly increase the incidence of non communicable disease….STOP FRUSTRATE AND PRESSURE POOR PEOPLE WHO JUST TRYING TO MAKE THEIR ENDS MEET PARRY! GO EXPAND BELLO AND HELP OUR STARVING ECONOMY..
I WAS ON MR. LETANG BACK…BUT LATELY HE HAS CHAMPIONED THE CAUSE, THE VERY ESSENCE OF WHAT HE IS POSITIONED TO DO…..HATS OFF TO YOU MR LETANG YOU MADE ME SWALLOW MY RHETORIC TOWARDS YOU…CONTINUE TO DO THE PEOPLES WORK…
“I am fully aware of the level of sacrifice being made by public officers, you find on certain days there are people who are working up to seven o’clock in the evening. If that is not productivity I want to know what it is,” Letang said
NUFF SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“…POOR PEOPLE WHO JUST TRYING TO MAKE THEIR ENDS MEET PARRY?” LOL, Parry is one lucky dude!
they gave u a job to bouse up productivity after two years u coming with a report on productivity what u have don to better it .
One of them is lying, can you guess which one is telling the truth?
DE PARROT NUH
They are both speaking the truth; After two years as advisor to the government on productivity Parry is saying that the productivity consultant is worthless. Parry come sign your contract OK!!!!. Mr Letang is saying that productivity or lack thereof remain the same since the DLP took power. They are both right .
Parry Bellot could not be serious. As the official charged with assessing productivity in the public sector, he ought to have methods in place to measure their productivity. If he does nto know how, then he hd better find out how it is done. To hold a news conference and make those statements without scientific proof totally irresponsibility.
Having said that, I have my suspicion that he is totally correct in his assessment. As a private citizen I am entitled to my opinion, but for the goverment official to make such a statement is an entirely different story.
WoW Parry is right (wait i said thoes word)
let us use the police for example some come to work and do nothing all day insted of doing patrols! u come to make a report and nothing is one about it but! you call for help and 5 hrs later the police show up cause of lack of transportation but at the moment of your call you see the police van carrying a fridge and people out of uniform in it! but there are some that do there work and do it well but a discoraged by other people.same can be said for other areas in goverment!
good assessment….fair and balanced
So you mean to say that in the station of 10 policemen less than 2 do their work?
You said that you agree with Parry…
Think of the numbers…
LET’S CHECK THIS OUT, IF THE POLICE VEHICLE IS OUT INVESTIGATION ANOTHER CRIME YOU ESPECT THEM TO WALK TO YOUR HOME, POLICE VAN SUPPOSED TO CARRY REFRIDGERATORS AND STOVES TO OTHE STATION WHEN REPLACING OLD ONES, NOT ALL OFFICERS WORK WITH UNIFORM AND LASTLY ALOT OF OFFICERS IN THE CANTEEN PLAYING DOMINIOES ARE OFFICERS WHO ARE OFF FROM WORK… SO PLEASE SHUT YOUR BECK
He said it himself it’s not based on any study or survey but on “anecdotal” or unreliable evidence IE his own personal interaction. whereas he cannot interact with the majority of public servants or private sector employees. This should be treated as nothing more than degradation and slander.
Hearsay and gossip. For a big man in advisory position, that is just an irresponsible thing to say without having any basis in scientific research.