"Adil" does not mean equal

Hmm.. how should we start here.Maybe this is not everybody's cup of tea.

Just a discussion last night with hubby on our way home on the concept of 'Adil. Yet, as i could recall from my secondary school lessons that Adil is actually putting/placing things on it's right place.
Being sama rata or giving equal chance to every body is actually not a perfect way to depict 'Adil. Yet it happens to trap his friend's Boss (let us name him Mr J) in giving Performance rating to his sub-ordinates.

Mr J ni baik sebenarnya, personally, and to me seems to want everybody have the equal chance to get a good rating despite how the performance of the person. i know this kind of attitude well, yalah..nak menang hati semua. To be the boss that is favoured. Ahhaaa.. but yet it trapped him in between when the management decided to change the upgrading policy.

Let me share you the story, before the system was re-assessed, a performer only requires 2 Commendable ratings in a row where the Third year he should only need to meet the requirements to enable him to get an promotion. So Mr J gave ratings based on this quota. How hard you have performed, responsible for several outgoing tasks (ISO rep for example) with perfect attendance and no MC - if your quota for 2 yrs in a row for Commendable ratings have been fulfilled, you will be given a 'Meet Requirement' rating. Yalah dh cukup quota, bglah pd yg belum cukup quota, even tho yg belum cukup quota tu is not a 'real' performer. This way barulah 'adil'. Semua dpt merasa. Hmm..please excuse my language, but this is really bull shit man! 

I don't know bout you, but if I'm the performer i OF COURSE la will be demotivated as i had worked hard, but only rated as an average and the non-real performer gets a higher rating on the base of ' bg semua merasa'. But this is not yet the worst.

After the system has been re-assessed to be more stringent  - A performer needs to have 3 Commendable ratings 3 years in a row for promotion pur[oses. Now, Mr J is trapped when one of his subordinates let us name him as Aqim needs another Commendable rating for upgrading, which he deserved, and was intended to be promoted by with the previous system, and did'nt get this yr because Mr J though that he had been Adil by being equal to everyone even though knowingly the other person's performance is not as good. If he really did judged with adil, he will never place/rate the deserved person a non-commendable ratings. And to get things correctly, no matter how the system changes, the deserved ones will get what they deserve. Betul tak? Point taken is it? Sekarang Aqim needs another 3yrs with commendable ratings to upgrade, by hook or by crook. See? Hai la Mr J, rezeki yg suap anak2 awk skrg dh sepatutnya jd rezeki anak2 Aqim.

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Moral of the story, big rank, higher pays comes with a higher responsibility  Please do all judgement wisely and stay close to the basic concepts adapted from the Islamic values you have been exposed throughout time. Islam is not just a name, it is a lifestyle. If you stick to the principles, inshallah you will always be in the right way, and FYI Mr J is of course a muslim in this case :)

So good luck Mr J. Its quite bad you have to learn this the hard way.

Ingat boss, jadi boss seblah kaki dh dlm neraka sebab sekat rezeki anak isteri anak anak buah.
Groom the potentials, brush and motivate the rest to be potentials.