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Show .!day, March 19, 1948 J : THE FIRST GLANCE . . f S,v Lee Florence It would seem at first glance that the easiest way for all con-- (' jned to make out efficiency ratings would be to give everyone Excellent". Then there would be no appeals, no hard feelings, X :d no worries for another year. ' That's how it looks at first nce . . . but study the entire a little more carefully . . . jture ( nd back a little ways and get of the ef- j i overall perspective i Jency rating program. jrhe Air Force must maintain the I thest possible level of efficiency ji competence in their permanent rilian staff if they are going to i If ill their duty to the American t ple. The only way to keep ef- 1 Jency high is by giving honest, substantial evidence in the employees 201 .file to show that the employee concerned was given a warning of not less than three months and not more than six months prior to the date the reg ular rating was due. (In a case where a period shorter than three months is deemed by the supervisor to be sufficient to demon strate improvement, the period be tween the warning and the rating may be less than three months than one month.) The ,c curate, and objective efficiency but not less warning must also show specifi'T $ings. cally how his performance failed in inis pei iuu ui icuciivuiucut! to meet requirements, and how he Air Force is suffering from the could improve his performance. It of a number of efficiency must also tell the employee that he Jects ( tings which are grossly intiatea, will be given an opportunity to bring about improvement in his jduly conservative, or otherwise Accurate. All rating and review-officia- work but if he fails to meet the re should realize that quired standards he will be rated and fair" or "unsatisfactory en they rate their subordinates, effic-fcc- y probably be demoted or dismissed. y may be affecting the level of the Air Force's per- The interests of the Air Force j nent staff t through the coming are always served best by moral courage and absolute accuracy in rating each employee. By so doing, tlie ultimate efficiency of the Air Drones me Force will be at a very high level. has "It Lincoln said, Abraham happened, in all the ages or tne rid, that some have labored, and c ers have without labor enjoyed ft-large proportion of the fruits. .1 is is wrong, and should not con-uTo secure to each laborer t te whole product of his labor, or I nearly as possible, is a worthy l jjject of any good government." ; IThe "whole product of labor" list be known before a proper f yard can be made. That is why tractions on now lo raw wum I ( rf ormance of employees have r 'K , ls HILL Page 3 TOP TIMES PLM Line Will The New Look Have New Home Canary yellow hallways with a light grey trim. That's the new color scheme approved by A F for the interior of the Ogden Air Reserve Training detachment hangar. Pretty bright? You betcha. That's the whole idea. The new light colors are expected to brighten up the interiors of Air Force buildings and make them a nice, cheerful place in which to work. For variation, offices will be painted pale blue or green with black base boards and light grey trim on frames, sashes and wainscot. The little room just around the corner, commonly called "The Blue Room," will henceforth have a white ceiling, light grey walls, arid a darker grey trim. When the interior decorating job The preventive line maintenance shops will soon be moved to new quarters to facilitate repairs on automotive equipment. The present shops, located near air installations headquarters, are inadequate. Part of the work, that of steam cleaning, must be don outside because of lack of space in the shops. The new shops will be located loin buildings and ' cated in back of post schools and practically adjacent to the motor pool. The warehouse section has also moved its stock of automotive parts into warehouse No. 14, a building near the clockhouse. The "PLM" line and the motor pool, its source of supply,' will all be within close proximity of each other and thus increase efficiency of operation. will be used for Building of equipment while inspection will be used for building second echelon repair. Under the supervision of George Moyes, PLM shop foreman, approximately 25 vehicles will be turned out each day by the shop's 31 employees. The new shops will be equipped with power hoists, engine analyzers, compression gauges, dynamometers, etc., to aid the inspectors in determining the condition of each vehicle brought in for monthly and inspections. E-1- 65 E-21- 6, E-1- 65 E-2- Shipping Streamlined The packing area in the shipping branch, Supply, is currently being streamlined to increase the capacity and improve efficiency of the packing and corrosion control units. The first step in the streamlining was the construction of a parcel post packing line. The new arrangement has reduced the number of packers by one and has Increased the output by 10 percent. Other innovations will include a power conveyor and an overhead conveyor to speed up the flow of materials. The streamlining is the result of suggestions from representatives of Spokane and Tinker A F bases who recently conducted a survey of supply division packing operations. It is also being materially is completed, Reservists will find aided by studies conducted by Capthe reserve hangar not "too reserv- tain Harry L. Hines and Mr. H. E. ed." of this installation Isaac What! No (Editor's Note . polka-- Tokio-Boun- d dots?) Col. George R. Geer, formerly the Comptroller, OAMA, will soon Ephrata Air Force Base, Wash- assume the duties of maintenance ington, will soon be transferred to officer at Tokio Air Depot, Tokio, the Ogden Air Materiel Area for Japan. command jurisdiction. The former Col. Geer first came to Hill A F tactical base is now controlled by base on July 19, 1946 and immed- New OAMA Base the U. S. Corps of Engineers. Terms and agreements of the transfer are now being prepared by the Air Installation section. The base will remain on a standby semi-annu- al iately became deputy for personnel. Since that time he has held numerous positions including that of the air inspector. He was appointed head of the comptrollers office in August 1947. oooooooooooooooooooioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o O o o o o o o o o ia wnjr ouci fen jjrejj'tu.cu. o tne tears are asKea to reaaj li o use them. o ......... ., o means oooa ki; o rhat HSays o IThe adjective rating of "good" o the key to the efficiency rating o t jrstem and represents fully satis- o factory performance It is in no o a penalty for lfV considered work performance. o ratings of "very good" or o ccellent" are considered premium things of two different degrees. A o ery good" rating means that an o employee has performed at least o 'fcilf of his assigned duties in a o C'lier words, he is doing a lot more o tJan is expected of him. o An "excellent" rating means that o ajworker is doing all of his work ; o assuming all of his I Jities in a manner beyond that o pected and required. o Efficiency ratings should be I ised on quantity, quality, l o . o Tiles and manner of work Oce. They should reflect matters conduct only where it is clearly o evident that work performance is o allected by the employees actions. If 'the worker is doing a good job o of' driving rivets, but all the time o has a scowl on his face, it should reflect in his efficiency rating. o It might be just his ulcers ... not o (LJs attitude and he should be rsited on the actual way in which o h does his work. o o .Standards Necessary o Every supervisor should have a o standards against which he o tjt ofmeasure each of his workers, tin o iff he doesn't have a set of to measure performance, how o n he tell whether or not his o O REFRIGERATORS AND STOVES r rkers are good, bad, or indif It? But if he does have a good o l it of standards, he can check them o f ainst the employees work New Frigidaire, 7 ft, the last word in modo il Irmance and draw a definite ern $229.75 refrigeration, exclusively at Boyles fusion. 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