Gaji naik 100%?

Dahsyat sunguh apabila seorang berpangkat CEO di Tenaga Nasional Berhad dinaikkan gajinya sebanyak 100% disaat rakyat Malaysia mengeluh tentang kenaikan harga minyak dan juga barangan yang lain. Bukan sahaja kenaikan ini agak melampau dan tidak bertepatan masa, malahan ianya diambang kenaikan tarif elektrik sebanyak 30% mulai 1 Julai ini.

Bukanlah hendak membantah kenaikan ini, cuma tidak bertepatan masa. Memang elok jika ada kakitangan yang bekerja keras dan berdedikasi diberikan imbuhan tetapi bagaimana pula nasib dan gaji 28,000 kakitangan biasa TNB yang telah lama berkhidmat menaikkan TNB? Tidakkah gaji mereka ini juga layak untuk dinaikkan?

CEO mendapat kenaikan gaji 100% manakala kakitangan biasa mendapat tawaran kenaikan gaji baru kurang daripada 5%. Dan kita pengguna TNB akan mendapat kenaikan tarif baru elektrik 30%. Dimana keadilannya?

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- Khazanah Nasional Bhd, the government investment arm, today came out in defence of the proposed salary hike for top officials in government-linked companies (GLCs), citing enhanced value creation, careful calculation and retention of talents.

Its Managing Director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar said Khazanah's Blue Book, which detailed executive compensation, tried to institutionalise that "we cannot't pay too low, we shouldn't pay too high, but we have to pay enough and we have to pay fairly".He said when asked to comment on several blogs' queries on why Tenaga Nasional Bhd's top officials were getting hefty salary increases in times of possible economic slowdown due to the fuel and food prices hike.

Azman said after much debate four to five years ago, Khazanah decided on the average principle for basic salary.But at the same time, it also put up a total compensation basis for the salary, including bonus, as long as it is self-funding, he said."The average Malaysian company pays three months' bonus. What we are saying is that we will pay more, as long as the company and shareholders make much more than that. That means value must be created," he told reporters after attending the opening ceremony of the MIT Sloan Global Entrepreneurship Lab Programme workshop facilitated by Khazanah.

"That is a very important point. It is performance-based, incentive-driven and self-funding. We are not taking money away from anybody but we are creating more value," he added.According to Azman, the higher pay commensurated with the increasing demand for local talents abroad."Malaysian talents are in demand from the Middle East, China, Asean and also the United States. There is a very serious brain drain issue that we should be aware of. So don't begrudge our CEOs and the managements," he said."If you see them making money, you should celebrate because they have created a lot of value for the companies. Let me assure you that there has been careful calculation on this," he added.-- BERNAMA