Written 24 November 2018
Dear employees/colleagues/friends,
First of all, congratulations. Your production and selling this year has been exemplary on the most part. In fact 87% of you hit your targets. Last year, only 85% of you managed it, and although you still have a long way to go, progress is progress.
And to those of you working in Sector 9, a special thank you. I dread to think how difficult it was during the facility fire, both during the incident itself and afterward. Working at 63% capacity must have been really tough, but you persevered through limited staff, bereavement for your colleagues who passed and, in some cases, chronic lung disease to finish on 72% of your target. Again, not where we want to be, but still admirable given the circumstances.
In true appraisal style, I am designing this email as a good news sandwich, and that unfortunately means it's time for the bad news. There is no easy way to say this, but our overall profit only grew by £3.2billion. Although this is still growth, our target was 10% above last year. I don't need to tell you that we didn't achieve this. You would have seen in your daily progress reports that we've been trending below target for some time. And though we're not yet at Christmas, I've been asked to “Call it”.
Because we are going to miss our profit target, there will be no bonus this Christmas. We are also cancelling your leave, and there will be a 13% staff decrease based on performance.
We know this must be tough to hear, but we did warn you this might happen.
Now some more good news. Those who hit target this year will receive 5 coupons for a meat imitation “Turkey” dinner for Christmas day, so feel free to treat your family whilst you are here working your shift. We believe this is very generous, as these meals are not cheap.
Those who missed target will be receiving their termination papers very soon.
Have a great build up to Christmas, and I assure you we will do better next year.
All the best,
Simon St Stephens
CFO for WantCo