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From:michelle.cash@enron.com
To:shanna.funkhouser@enron.com
Subject:Re: Weather Candidate
Cc:cindy.skinner@enron.com
Bcc:cindy.skinner@enron.com
Date:Tue, 5 Dec 2000 15:29:00 -0800 (PST)

What about payrolling through an agency so that he is on a contract-to-hire
basis? That way, we can say that the intent is to hire, but that we are
evaluating the situation before making a regular, full-time offer. Customers
understand contract-to-hire concept, so it may not raise "lack of commitment"
jitters.

What do you think?

Michelle





Shanna Funkhouser@ENRON
12/05/2000 07:05 PM
To: Michelle Cash/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Cindy Skinner/HOU/ECT@ECT
Subject: Weather Candidate

Michelle,

Mark Tawney has a situation where he wants to hire a Manager level person in
the Chicago office on a trial basis as a Marketer of Weather products.

This is a trial effort and if it fails, there would be no job for him in
Houston or otherwise. Mark is thinking that a 6-9 month evaluation period
would be adequate to determine success. How would you recommend that we
structure an offer that gives us an out if the initiative fails. We thought
about hiring him as a contractor or consultant in order to minimize our
commitment, but we're concerned that if our potential customers learn of his
employment status, it may appear to our customers that we are not committed
to the effort or the market. Mark is willing to be completely above board
with the candidate that this may or may not work.

My belief is that we are going to have more of this exact situation in EGM.
Kevin McGowan is also looking for a Marketer for Coal. The people they are
targeting have sales backgrounds and would not be re-deployable in other
parts of Enron.

My goal is to minimize our exposure on the front end!

Shanna