MEMO TO STAFF

MEMO TO STAFF
You attend Zoom meetings and hear background conversations about SeeMoji moving in the direction of animation. Current designers are uneasy, fearing they might lose their jobs in the next few years. They are concerned with the hiring of animation specialists. Designers are training on the new equipment for two hours a day, but this will not give them a formal certification in animation. Further, they feel slighted. They earn $40,000 a year—and they were the people who helped the company grow—but the new animation specialists are in great demand in the current job market, and they will be earning $80,000. Morale is dropping rapidly.
You receive an email from Patricia Baker, Ms. Boss’s administrative assistant:
Ms. Boss has heard about these rumors and is very concerned about morale dropping. She needs you to write a memo to the graphic designers reassuring them that SeeMoji does not intend to lay them off. She also wants to encourage them to keep up with current trends in emoji development. Here is the information she wants included:
SeeMoji is expanding and does not plan to terminate any current employees, including graphic designers.
Graphic designers are already being trained online to master the new hardware and software the company has invested in, thus expanding their skills.
The latest edition of Graphics Magazine, an industry publication, announced an explosion in animation. The publication predicts that within two years, animation is expected to make current graphics obsolete.
Online classes in animation are available at the Animation Skills Institute. There will be a series of eight classes. Each class will meet online for three hours on one evening per week for four weeks. Attending and passing all eight classes will result in an animation specialist certificate from the institute.
Tuition costs $800 per class, but SeeMoji will cover 80% of the tuition for current graphic designers who wish to attend. However, taking these classes is optional and must be done on the employee’s own time.

Ms. Boss wants this email memo to be sent under her name to all graphic designers immediately. Use the “SeeMoji Document and Presentation Format Requirements” file and the “Style for Students” format example under “Memos,” both under the Your Hired! section in Moodle. Make sure you include a subject line in your email that is specific enough and will get their attention. As with the letter you wrote to investors a few weeks ago, make sure you write in paragraphs, not in bulleted lists! This email will be interpreted as good news by graphic designers, so it needs to be written in direct order. And remember that you should be putting information into your own words, not copying it directly from the list above. You should also be organizing facts logically, not just using the same order as they are listed above.
Let me know if you have questions.

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