BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – VEVENE ROUSE of Sandy Point has not been working with her establishment for a year as yet but already her dedication, hard work and determination were enough to land her the award of Kajola Kristada’s Employee of the Month for August.
Rouse, a married mother of two, said that she was employed with Kajola in October 2011, and said that although she was hoping to win the award it came to her as a bit of a surprise.
Along with working hard, being dedicated and determined, she attributes setting daily goals at her workplace as one of her routines at work.
Nerissa Wilson, Supervisor of the Connector Line Department, said that Rouse gives 100% in her work.
“As an employee, she does what she has to do, we have a criteria and she met it 100% and we at Kajola we think about quality as our number one priority and when it comes to her she fulfils,” she said.
Wilson said that the Employee of the Month programme has been going great and they see improvement in the employees.
“All employees would like to have a chance to win; it’s not only the feature in the news and photo on the wall but a variety of gifts they win and we see employees looking forward to achieving that,” the Supervisor said.
Rouse said that she would encourage others to continue to work hard and to be dedicated to their job.
“If they are not dedicated they will not achieve their goal,” she said.
Two months from now will mark a year since she has been with Kajola and she said that she likes the environment.
“They also treat their employees very well,” she said.
In a previous interview with SKNVibes, Human Resource Manager Malvie James said that the General Manager, José Rosa, is instrumental in making sure that the employees are recognised and duly awarded.
James mentioned that 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 Month are knowledge of the job, quality, attire, versatility, punctuality, attendance and team building.
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.
