Absentee Record

Dear [[Recipient]]: Your work has been excellent, but your absentee record is about to overshadow your work record.  I don’t doubt that your health has been poor, but one requirement of a job is regular attendance.  We have difficulty scheduling our operations when we cannot depend on your attendance. This subject has been discussed several times before, and now your attendance must meet...

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Tardiness

Dear [[Recipient]]: Promptness is important to the management and the customers at Bendigo Savings and Loan Association.  Therefore, while we make allowances for occasional lateness, consistent lateness cannot be tolerated and offenders must be dismissed. You have reported late to work for 17 out of the last 18 days.  Unless this situation is remedied immediately, you will be asked to leave our...

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Classroom Performance

Dear [[Recipient]]: The school board has received several strongly voiced complaints regarding your practices in the classroom.  Unless modifications of such procedures are undertaken, renewal of your contract cannot be a certainty. In particular, your suspension of all homework assignments and the assignment of comic books as reading material in senior literature seminar have been cited. ...

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Poor Performance

Letter 1 Dear [[Recipient]]: We pride ourselves on being a “family store” and regret whenever we have to let an individual go because of poor performance or other difficulties. Unfortunately, unless several flaws in your performance are eliminated immediately, we will have to terminate your employment with us.  Customers have registered dissatisfaction with your rudeness, careless...

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Personal Problems

Dear [[Recipient]]: Termination of an employee is never a happy chore, and we make all efforts to avoid the situation.  However, unless your work performance shows substantial improvement, Dell will be forced to terminate our association. Personal problems affect all of us periodically.  When these occur, help should be sought so that such problems do not affect work performance to the point...

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