ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Carefully read the scenario before writing your message. Also, make sure to review the rubric so you know how this assignment will be graded.
Scenario:
Your name is Pat Overbridge and you are the CEO of Overbridge LLC. Overbridge LLC is a company that manufactures and sells custom signs. The company started seven years ago as a small business in your garage. Your brother and you were the only employees. Now, seven years later, Overbridge LLC is a market leader with 2,000 employees at four locations throughout the country. Sales have steadily climbed from $20,000 in revenues in the first year to a record of over $150 million in 2018. According to your financial projections, you did not expect to meet the $150 million revenue milestone for another year.
You and your brother recognize that your dedicated employees have contributed to the company’s success. As a result, management approved a motion to reward all of the employees with a $500 bonus on next month’s paychecks.
Your assignment is to write an e-mail announcement to all company employees. In addition to notifying them of the upcoming bonuses, you want to relay the news of the company’s successful year and communicate your appreciation to the employees for their efforts.
• Your e-mail address is poverbridge@overbridge.com.
• The “To” address can be “allemployees@xyz.com”
• Remember to write a subject line that is brief and descriptive.
• Submit a Word document (or pdf) that is formatted to look like an email (it does not need to look exactly like an email), not an actual email.
Tip: Consider your audience and what is the most important news for them.