Employee Training
Letter #1: Please plan to join us for a short session on how to use our new telephone system. A representative from the telephone company will be on hand in the conference room to explain the new features and to answer your questions on Friday, June 9, at 4:30 p.m. The session will be repeated at the same time Monday, June 12. We expect all employees to attend one of these sessions. Among other...
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Letter #1: We trust we will avoid the strike threatened by the local metal workers’ union next week. But in case we don’t, we need to have contingency plans in place. To begin with, please handle all current orders immediately so we will have no backlog. Since management and nonunion personnel will be required to take over many functions, please let your supervisor know in which...
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Letter #1: RE: Special meeting on profit-sharing plan David Hasselhoff would like to meet with employees this Friday to discuss the possibility of a long-term profit-sharing program. To avoid closing the offices, half of the staff should attend the meeting at 3:00 p.m. and the other half at 4:00 p.m. Please make the necessary arrangements. I suggest you review the present benefits package before...
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Letter #1: Anyone for a Caribbean cruise? The winner of our holiday sales contest will receive two tickets for a week-long Caribbean cruise aboard the Hasselhoff Queen. It’s simple. Whoever achieves the highest sales volume between December 1 and January 2 wins the cruise with all expenses paid. As always, our major concern is with customer satisfaction, so for the purpose of this contest...
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Letter #1: RE: July research meeting We will hold our monthly research meeting in the conference room at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 16. David and Pamela will report on the meeting with their French counterparts. Each of us should be prepared to give an update on our current projects. I think David and Pamela’s report will be of special interest to the additives division. If you cannot make...
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