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grades.
Item two
From A Siddiqui To J Franklin
Working environment. Office space is getting very cramped in the administration block.
This is in my opinion leading to a significant drop in morale. With the increase in staff
numbers I consider a good way of improving motivation would be to build an office
extension to give all staff extra space. I estimate that we could significantly improve
working conditions for an investment of €250,000 and this would be money well spent.
Item three
From D Dawkins To J Franklin
Creche. With the increasing number of women staff that the company is employing since
your appointment, the difficulties of looking after children especially during the school
holidays have become more and more noticeable. Should the company be prepared to
invest in a creche most of these problems would be overcome and the stress involved in a
full time job while looking after children would be considerably reduced to the advantage of
the company. For the 30 female staff involved the capital cost would be around €30000
and annual running costs would be €25000.
Item four
From J Porter To J Franklin
Newsletter. Now that we have three operating units our company information is becoming
outdated. We need to involve our overseas staff more, and I would think that the creation
of a company magazine would be an excellent idea. As we have the production capability
with the in house DTP unit we could do an excellent job with the resources currently
available and very little extra cost.
Item five
From S Reeves To J Franklin
Merit awards. We have a continual problem in the assembly area where newly recruited
staff are receiving the same level of pay as long term employees. As part of the review that
you are carrying out would it be possible to introduce some form of merit award that would
be paid to long serving employees?
Item six
From S Longon, Production Director To J Franklin
Profit share. We currently pay our employees a basic salary plus a year end bonus which
is a percentage of their salary, plus an adjustment. Though our rising profitability has
meant that we are able to pay over the going rate locally, I am worried that this payment
method is not involving the staff enough in the profitability of the firm. I have already
identified a number of working practices that have grown up over the past two years that
cost the company money. Would it not be possible to create separate profit centres within
the company, UK sales and marketing, UK production, Burke Germany and BUS which
would enable us to provide a much higher level of performance related pay than is
currently provided.
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