Richard Branson
By: Andrew • Essay • 401 Words • March 12, 2010 • 1,098 Views
Richard Branson
MEMO : TO ALL EMPLOYEES
Effective Immediately
DRESS CODE
1. It is advised that you come to work dressed according to your salary.
If we see you wearing Prada shoes, a Giorgio Armani suit or carrying a
Gucci bag, we assume you are doing well financially and therefore do not
need a pay raise.
2. If you dress poorly, you need to learn to manage your money better,
so that you may buy nicer clothes, and therefore you do not need a pay
raise.
3. If you dress just right, you are right where you need to be and therefore
you do not need a pay raise.
SICK DAYS
We will no longer accept a doctor's certificate as proof of sickness. If you
are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work.
HOLIDAY DAYS
Each employee will receive 52 personal days a year of holidays. They are
called Sunday.
COMPASSIONATE LEAVE
This is no excuse for missing work. There is nothing you can do for dead
relatives, friends or co-workers. Every effort should be made to have non-
employee involvement attend the arrangem ents. In rare cases where the
employee's involvement is necessary, the funeral should be scheduled in
the late afternoon. We will be glad to allow you to work through your lunch
hour and subsequently leave one hour early.
TOILET USE
1. Entirely too much time is being spent in the toilet. There is now a strict
three-minutes limit in the cubicles.
2. At the end of the three-minutes, an alarm will sound, the toilet paper roll
will