BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – METHLONDE RAWLINS of Hermitage Road, Old Road has been declared Employee of the Month at Kajola-Kristada Ltd. for the month of January 2011.
The announcement was made sometime last week and on Friday (Feb. 25) Rawlins received her award and a monetary prize.
Rawlins had joined the staff on March 30, 2009 as a Populator and has since then worked in several departments, including Mini-initial and Surface Mount Traps. Her present position is on the Connector Line and this is the first time she has won the award.
She is described as a committed worker who strives for excellence in any given task.
According to Human Resource Manager Malvie James, the monthly awards started four years ago and the idea was initiated to show the employees that their hard work and effort were appreciated.
She said that the General Manager, Jose’ Rosa, is instrumental in making sure that the employees are recognised and duly awarded.
James said the company has an Employee of the Month Committee which includes supervisors from each department and two members of staff.
She also told SKNVibes that the supervisors are given appraisals forms upon which they would score the employees, and the employee with the highest points from each department would be discussed by the committee.
Among the criteria for judging the Employee of the year are knowledge of the job, quality, attire, versatility, punctuality, attendance and team building.
She said that Rawlins’ score sheet received a perfect 100 points.
Her Supervisor, N. Wilson, said, “Miss Rawlins is a committed individual who takes ownership without being called upon, and for that I recognise her team spirit.”
When SKNVibes visited the work site on Friday, Rawlins was at the time taking her photograph which would be framed and placed on the wall designated for Employees of the Month.
The mother of two girls and one boy told SKNVibes that she was proud of her performance.
“I worked very, very hard. In order to achieve anything you have to work hard. In order for you to achieve you must put in the work and I’ve worked elsewhere and have never achieved this so, I’m very happy for the award,” she said.
February’s Employee of the Month will be announced sometime in March.
Kajola-Kristada Ltd. is owned by the Mezzalingua family in Syracuse, New York and first opened its doors on May 5, 1999. The main product manufactured by the company is CATV Traps, which are small cylindrical electronic devices that are fitted into Cable TV wires to allow Cable TV subscribers to see certain channels or block those to which the customer does not subscribe.
