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L.A.'s DWP Managers Agree To Undergo Formal Evaluation
Hundreds of managers in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power are agreeing to formal, annual evaluations as part of a new pact with the utility — a groundbreaking move for an agency long targeted for reform.
Requiring such evaluations would be "absolutely standard" in many utilities, but represents a serious stride for a department that has lacked them, city ratepayer advocate Fred Pickel said Tuesday.
Failing to regularly assess employees has been "one of the things I found most shocking about the DWP," said Pickel, who was appointed to his position 2 1/2 years ago. "You can't judge progress in the organization without something like that."
If no one is telling you what you need to do to improve, your strengths and weaknesses, you're out there rudderless.- Tom Anderbery, president, Management Employees Assn
In recent memory, employees at the municipal utility have not had a formal, regular process for being evaluated after passing the probationary period for their jobs, according to the department. Many workers must be regularly evaluated during such a probation period after being promoted, but have no standard process for being assessed afterward.
"If no one is telling you what you need to do to improve, your strengths and weaknesses, you're out there rudderless," said Tom Anderbery, president of the Management Employees Assn.
DWP spokesman Joseph Ramallo added that in the absence of such rules, utility employees have still been assessed informally by their bosses, and someone failing to do their job could still be disciplined and ultimately terminated. However, the new pact will usher in "more formal employee evaluations" for managers, he said.
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