HRDO told to finalize employee evaluation
Before the month of January ends, the Human Resources Department Office (HRDO) of the Cebu City government is expected to conclude evaluation of its employees in line with the city's rightsizing plans.
This is according to Cebu City Administrator Collin Rosell, who confirmed with the media that they had instructed the HRDO to finish the evaluation before the end of this month.
It was earlier reported that there has been a miscalculation on the total number Cebu City Hall employees corresponding also to the miscalculation of the number of employees who will no longer be renewed of contracts in line with the government's rightsizing program.
Based on what was initially submitted to the Office of the Mayor and what was also released to the media, there are a total of 7,000 employees of Cebu City composed of Job Order (JO), Casual, Permanent, Co-terminos, and contractual. Of this number, 5,000 will not be renewed.
However, last January 8, 2024, the HRDO clarified that there are actually 7,000 who will not be renewed since the total number of employees of the city government is in fact at 10,000.
“Ongoing na ron (evaluations) kay they were given by the mayor two weeks’ time to look into that project proposal which will resolve into kanang naay compliment sa atong mga JO and casual, it is ongoing right now. In that short period that committee will be recommending to the mayor for the mayor to act upon,” said Rosell.
Rosell is talking about the programs that will be available for the displaced employees who will fall short in the ongoing evaluation of performance. The evaluation will determine the fate of the employees should they be retained or let go.
According to Rosell, despite the discrepancies on the calculation of total number of employees, they had given their assurance that “no one would be left behind” and that everything has been taken care of.
Among those that the city government is aiming for with rightsizing is the direction of “outsourcing” the services provided by the government.
“The mayor has really no plan in cutting the livelihood opportunity or the employment opportunity sa tawo. It's just that there means to be an adoption of the measures na it can be outside that the city is still contracting but no longer a worker of the city,” said Rosell.
Rosell also said that the outsourcing method is also to regulate the flow of resources in the city government including the payouts.
“In other words, before this month will end, naa na gyud na sya…then there will be transition also,” said Rosell.