Write a MEMO report in response to the prompt below. Use the MEMO report examples on pages 63 (also page 80) and 64 (also page 81) of your WC textbook as eamples. This MEMO report should include headings in the body (as in the examples). You may create your own labels for the headings to fit with your content.
You are the manager of a small greenhouse business that grows vegetable transplants. You have four part-time employees who typically work about 20-24 hours per week. They work flexible schedules, depending on the workload. All employees have every Friday afternoon off.
During the busy spring growing season of March through May, you usually hire at least three temporary employees who each work two days per week. However, this year, you have been unable to secure any extra help. You are in dire need of additional help immediately to keep the transplants healthy and growing according to schedule. Therefore, you are asking your regular part-time employees to work at least thirty hours per week until the end of May. Employees will receive their regular hourly pay for the extra hours worked. Unless an emergency arises, you do still plan to allows all employees to leave at noon every Friday.
Write a memo communicating this information and your request to your part-time employees. This memo will be posted right next to the time-clock where employees clock in each day, so the memo must be eye-catching and very readable “at a glance.” Be sure to include expectations for employees to notify you about their availability and willinness to work the extra hours. Remember the employees are not all at work on the same day. Include any other details or reasonable incentives you think are appropriate.
