Friday, 11 April 2014

LETTER FROM THE BOSS TO THE EMPLOYEE - A MUST READ!


Dear Employee,

I employed you because I saw some kind of potentials in you. I employed you because I know that you will add some value to my company. I employed you with the foresight that you have what it takes to be a game changer, innovative and true to the course, vision and profitability of this organisation.
You are here, not by chance but by proper design to give; of your time, energy, resources and skills. I employed you not because I preferred you but because the job preferred your said skills and expertise and the earlier you exhibit that, the better for you and the company.

Dear Employee, I can understand when you come late to the office because traffic was terrible but the company cannot. I can understand when you have to take several days off because of your personal challenges; afterall we all humans. The company however cannot understand that language.

Dear Employee, you need to understand the susceptibility of the world of business. The harshness of the corporate world and the dynamism imbued in the game of transaction. What if you came just five minutes later than expected and a business of millions of Naira was supposed to be carried out with your presence needed? Business will not wait, rather you have to be the one waiting for it at all time. That is what I employed you to do. It is extremely hazardous to do business in this country and the sharks are all out there to cripple it. I should at least know that since I pay you, you won't be one the sharks trying to bring my company down.

Dear Employee, do I even need to start talking about how much I spend on diesel to power the generators to power the office. Or should I talk about the double and triple taxation that the government saddles on the back of the company despite the fact that I provide virtually everything I need for the sustenance of this company. That is why you can understand that I hardly could increase salaries because we must have money around for solvency. The environment for business is too harsh and not encouraging.

Dear Employee, my company was built with sweat and blood. Those sleepless nights I had, staying up so that I can research and read up on what must be done to make this business work. The days I couldn’t afford to pay my children's school fees but I had to invest in my business. The days my car broke down on the bridge in the middle of the night because I could use the money I got to buy a new car. The days I had to borrow a friends internet just to make sure those mails are sent. You need to know that this company was once a dream and now that dream is what you can relate with and it pays you.

Dear Employee, I think now you can understand why I would rather promote staff A over staff B because she didn’t give excuse about the broken down printer in the office but used her money to print the documents from the cyber cafĂ©? Now you can comprehend why staff A will be seen as a better staff than B because she didn’t take maternity leave months ahead but rather stayed till the day she gave birth. Oh, I know the excuse you are about to give; Our bodies are different right?

Dear Employee, commitment and passion to your job is easy to see by me and the company when you give it. It appears in the conversation you have in the office with your colleagues at the close of the day. The days you stay back just because you really understand that the documents really needs to be finished before the morrow. The weekends you sacrifice because you see the backlog of work and you know the company can't afford downtime.

Dear Employee, you are important to this organisation that is why you are still here. Show that by the relentless contributions you give, the skills and talents you are paid for and the company will reward you.

Dear Employee, it is my pleasure and joy to tell you that we would never intentionally hurt you, ask you to do jobs deliberately meant to be debase you. Every assignment you get was and is meant to challenge, teach and improve you. The projects put in your care are meant to be stepping stone and not stumbling blocks. The company relies on you to do your bit because you can't do it all but at the same time see yourself as very important to the organisation and without you the company will not go on.

Dear Employee, it is with sincere gratitude that I write this to let you know how important you are to my organisation; if not, I would have done the job all by myself. Please brace yourself, there are lot to achieve out there. Both of us can achieve it together, everyone knowing his part and dutifully playing it knowing that the vision is bigger than both of us.

Thank you,

Yours sincerely,

YOUR BOSS.

No comments:

Post a Comment