Post by Teddy Bear on Mar 18, 2011 11:55:57 GMT
The BBC's standard response to justify the pay and bonuses self-awarded to senior executives there our of our public coffers, is 'to get the best they have to pay the best'. They maintain this excuse despite there being no comparable roles for many of the positions held in other media organisations, and in the ones that are, BBC pay is way beyond companies that actually have to earn their money.
But at least if they are going to use this excuse then we should expect excellent management. We've already highlighted that this is not the case, and the real reason they award themselves this huge payout is because THEY CAN - and we don't have any politicians with enough courage to do anything about it.
So here's a couple of stories to show just how incompetent BBC management is, as well as the 'world' they create inside that organisation. I'm sure the actual figure for 'bad management' is a lot higher than the £80 million described here, but this figure only focusses on these certain specifics.
But at least if they are going to use this excuse then we should expect excellent management. We've already highlighted that this is not the case, and the real reason they award themselves this huge payout is because THEY CAN - and we don't have any politicians with enough courage to do anything about it.
So here's a couple of stories to show just how incompetent BBC management is, as well as the 'world' they create inside that organisation. I'm sure the actual figure for 'bad management' is a lot higher than the £80 million described here, but this figure only focusses on these certain specifics.
BBC wastes £80m a year through 'bad management' leaked INTERNAL memo reveals
The BBC wastes £80million a year through bad management and paying allowances to staff who do not qualify for them, a leaked internal report has revealed.
The Corporation is looking for deep cuts after the licence fee was frozen for six years last October; a deal that also handed it responsibility for funding the World Service and the BBC Monitoring Service.
But poor management of under-performing staff and salary top-up payments to thousands of employees who do not qualify are costing the state-controlled broadcaster millions of pounds in licence-fee payers' money.
According to The Guardian, the BBC's HR department found £28million was paid in 'unpredictability allowances' to staff who worked a regular routine.
The £33million total cost of the allowances, intended as compensation for people working unpredictable hours, makes up some 3 per cent of the Corporation's £1billion wage bill.
The internal investigation found a further £50 million was paid out to staff judged to be 'poorly performing', according to the newspaper.
It added that the report describes 910 BBC staff as 'poor performers' - about 5 per cent of the workforce - and says fewer than half the 3,000 staff working in the Corporation's TV channels have received regular appraisals.
Executives at the BBC are picking through the vast organisation to see where it can save money.
Already more than 1,000 jobs have been cut from the World Service and the BBC's websites, and several thousand more are expected to go as it comes to terms with its new financial settlement over coming years.
Further cost cutting proposals have included axing most of the Corporation's local radio output, abandoning coverage of Formula One and finding partnerships to spread the cost of covering Wimbledon.
It has also committed to reducing the pay bill of senior managers by 25 per cent and the number of senior managers by 20 per cent.
A BBC spokesman said: 'We have only just started a major BBC-wide consultation. It is only right that BBC staff have an opportunity to input ideas about shaping the BBC's future.
'Inevitably this has led to speculation. We are not going to get drawn into a running commentary - no decisions have been taken and therefore these reports remain speculation.'
The BBC's Putting Quality First report, which was published in December, said the corporation would 're-examine the whole BBC cost base' in search of savings.
The BBC wastes £80million a year through bad management and paying allowances to staff who do not qualify for them, a leaked internal report has revealed.
The Corporation is looking for deep cuts after the licence fee was frozen for six years last October; a deal that also handed it responsibility for funding the World Service and the BBC Monitoring Service.
But poor management of under-performing staff and salary top-up payments to thousands of employees who do not qualify are costing the state-controlled broadcaster millions of pounds in licence-fee payers' money.
According to The Guardian, the BBC's HR department found £28million was paid in 'unpredictability allowances' to staff who worked a regular routine.
The £33million total cost of the allowances, intended as compensation for people working unpredictable hours, makes up some 3 per cent of the Corporation's £1billion wage bill.
The internal investigation found a further £50 million was paid out to staff judged to be 'poorly performing', according to the newspaper.
It added that the report describes 910 BBC staff as 'poor performers' - about 5 per cent of the workforce - and says fewer than half the 3,000 staff working in the Corporation's TV channels have received regular appraisals.
Executives at the BBC are picking through the vast organisation to see where it can save money.
Already more than 1,000 jobs have been cut from the World Service and the BBC's websites, and several thousand more are expected to go as it comes to terms with its new financial settlement over coming years.
Further cost cutting proposals have included axing most of the Corporation's local radio output, abandoning coverage of Formula One and finding partnerships to spread the cost of covering Wimbledon.
It has also committed to reducing the pay bill of senior managers by 25 per cent and the number of senior managers by 20 per cent.
A BBC spokesman said: 'We have only just started a major BBC-wide consultation. It is only right that BBC staff have an opportunity to input ideas about shaping the BBC's future.
'Inevitably this has led to speculation. We are not going to get drawn into a running commentary - no decisions have been taken and therefore these reports remain speculation.'
The BBC's Putting Quality First report, which was published in December, said the corporation would 're-examine the whole BBC cost base' in search of savings.