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The Email: Emailing Lazy Employees

Imagine receiving the following email from your CEO.

We are getting less than 40 hours of work from a large number of our EMPLOYEES. The parking lot is sparsely used at 8am; likewise at 5pm. As managers, either you do not know what your EMPLOYEES are doing or you do not CARE. In either case, you have a problem and you will fix it or I will replace you.

NEVER in my career have I allowed a team, which worked, for me to think they had a 40-hour job. I have allowed YOU to create a culture that is permitting this. NO LONGER.

The note (paraphrased) continues: "I will NO LONGER give out employee benefits. I will be watching the parking lot and expect it to be substantially full at 7:30am and 6:30pm on weekdays and half-full on Saturdays. You have two weeks. Tick, tock."

QUESTIONS:

1. Identify the problems with this email in regards to the communication process. (The communications process, not the tone of the email)

2. What affect would this message have on you as an employee and how would respond back to the CEO (the sender)?

3. Is email the best way to channel such a message? Explain Answer.

(Channels were discussed in this week's lesson)

4. What are some of the roadblocks that been presented with this email? (Roadblocks were discussed in this week's lesson)

5. If you were an OB consultant, how would you advise the CEO about sending such message through the email channel?