Kozij: The public service needs to get better at firing its underperformers | Unpublished
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Author: Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen
Publication Date: June 6, 2025 - 04:00

Kozij: The public service needs to get better at firing its underperformers

June 6, 2025
Growing up in Vancouver in the 1980s meant you knew at least one aspect of the reputation of Jim Pattison. Today, he is around the 200th richest person in the world with a net wealth of more than $9 billion. Back then, he was primarily a car dealer and his reputation was that he fired the lowest-performing salesperson on each of his lots every month. Read More


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