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Valeria. Thanks for handling this one. Please keekp me posted. Michelle
-----Original Message----- From: =09Hope, Valeria A. =20 Sent:=09Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:51 PM To:=09Cash, Michelle; Oxley, David; Davis, Sarah A.; Olson, Cindy Subject:=09FW: My Redeployment Experience Cathy Bates contacted me earlier today and asked that I look into her conce= rns. I am in the process of investigating this matter and will contact you= back with my findings. According to Fran Mayes, there were other issues i= nvolved in the decision to end Ms. Bates' employment. Valeria -----Original Message----- From: =09"cathy bates" <cbates@houston.rr.com<@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22= cathy+20bates+22+20+3Ccbates+40houston+2Err+2Ecom+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com]=20 Sent:=09Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:44 PM To:=09Lay, Kenneth Cc:=09Davis, Sarah A.; Hope, Valeria A.; Olson, Cindy; Oxley, David Subject:=09My Redeployment Experience THIS MESSAGE IS PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL =20 Mr. Lay: After attending the All Employee Meeting at The Hyatt on Thursday, Aug= ust 16th during the Q&A period, someone sent the comment stating "Redeploy= ment is a Joke". You commented and stated that if anyone had any questions= or concerns regarding this matter to shoot a e-mail to you, and you would= respond . After that statement regarding redeployment, I felt compelled= to do just what you said-- send a message about my redeployment experienc= e. I am doing this for two reasons: 1) to prevent what has happened to me= (from the HR representatives side of redeployment) from happening to any = other Enron employee whether redeployment or any other experience with Enr= on's HR reps and, 2) to let you know the redeployment process at Enron is= effective and efficient and two of the MAIN values of Enron must be exal= ted higher. Those values are Communication and Respect. =20 =20 I received redeployment from Enron Broadband Services- Investment grou= p on Monday, June 18th, 2001. Sheila Walton, a HR rep spoke to me regardi= ng what the process would entail. During this meeting, Sheila mentioned t= he redeployment process to me, but discussed and stressed to me more, my o= ptions when I departed the company, rather than my options to locate anoth= er position with the company, not at all promoting the advantage of redep= loyment and its many success stories. With no directions from Sheila Walt= on, I took it upon myself to contact Joyce Barrett in the redeployment grou= p for advice and guidance. I met Joyce through a info-luncheon hosted for= EBS assistants and the DoubleTree to give information about redeployment = and how the process works and it's successes. Because of a lack of Commu= nication, to the redeployment department, after a week I did not have any = information about me going into redeployment, so at the end of the week, I= had no location for a redeployment desk and I was leaving my department a= t the end of the week of June 18-22. =20 =20 Due to this lack of communication, I had to take off Monday & Tuesday = June 25th, 26th, to have my desk churned and locate a space for me for 45 = days. Joyce Barrett contacted me with a location and more information reg= arding my redeployment process. Located in 3 Allen Center, I set-up my se= arch for a "new" job at Enron, and my goal was to do my best to find a job= within Enron because that was a opportunity that I felt I owed myself and= Enron as a whole, by becoming Enron proud and believing in the visions a= nd values. I met with Marie Jensen of Spearion to review my resume and sh= arpen my interview tactics. Joyce Barrett, Michele Hargrave and Brinella = Knight were in contact with me to find out how my job search was going and= lending support in any way. I had many interviews with companies outsid= e and within Enron. An experience to meet new and interesting people and = a opportunity that I feel I would have not been able to have without redep= loyment, so I have no regrets about being redeployment. I must tell you = that I was afraid, because a lot about this process, I was unsure of and m= y HR rep did nothing to assure me or inform me that this transition is on= e that can be rewarding, as well as a strong challenge. =20 With Enron's values system, Respect, Integrity, Communication and Exce= llence in place and strongly promoted by you and Jeff Skilling (before hi= s departure), I want to stress to you that my experience with the HR side = of redeployment, has NOT carried out the value system that Enron promotes = and I'm sure whoever sent the comment about redeployment in that meeting = had every meaning of HR person representing Enron in such a way that "a jo= ke" is a kind way of putting it. No one should be treated this way. On J= uly 31, 2001, I took a temporary position in the Associate & Analyst Prog= ram headed by Billy Lemmons and Traci Warner working with Jeff Davis, John= Walt and Cathy Lira as well as supporting the group as a whole. I worked= in this department until August 21, 2001. I received a message from Shi= rley Cox, Sheila Walton's assistant inquiring whether or not I had a posi= tion within Enron. I called Shirley back and gave her information about t= he temporary assignment I had taken in the Associate & Analysts Program. O= n August 14th, a call was made by Sheila Walton to a Sr. Admin in the Ass= ociate & Analyst Program, inquiring whether I was working this department.= The admin passed the information to Jeff Davis and he contacted Sheila W= alton as to where I was working and how long I had been working in the dep= artment. With a remorseful sounding voice, Sheila proceeded to inquiry to= Jeff more details, to which Jeff provided her. I had overtime hours that= I tried to put into the system, but I was unable to get into the time sys= tem. After the conversation with Jeff Davis and Sheila Walton, I find o= ut Sheila had started the process to delete me from the system, before my= original end date of August 15th. I accepted a permanent position with = Enron Networks as a Admin Assistant II on August 14, 2001 reporting to Sam= Leuschen. I started that position on August 22, 2001. On August 24, 2001= , after 2 days of employment was terminated from the position and Enron du= e to Business Reorganization in Enron Networks. =20 =20 I am very concerned about the way this matter was handled and the seri= es of events that surrounded this action. As a result, I would like to d= iscuss with you and or someone in the responsible capacity and go into fur= ther detail. I have received a form letter stating that Enron can termina= te my employment at will, at any time and for any reason. I feel this act= ion has been provoked for other reasons.=20 =20 In ending this message to you, Mr. Lay, you must know that redeployme= nt at Enron is a effective tool that should remain in place. You should a= lso know and commend those persons who work in and closely with the redepl= oyment group. Enough good things cannot not be said about those people wh= o go out of their way to get you the help, the encouragement, the tools yo= u need while facing this process. I realize that a business decision was= made, and EBS downfall was a business decision, but this matter is not a = business one. When redeployment takes place, the human side of you feel s= omewhat lost, hurt and you take it personally,although I realize it was a = business decision. This occurrence was targeted and directed at me person= ally by Sheila Walton. Human resources should work with the human being to= make you a better person through visions and values, not to be treated in= humanely. Whether they are Enron's values or values in general, HR repres= entatives should portray what human beings should have most of all...VALUE= S, and when there is no communication, no respect, no integrity, "the jok= e" begins and excellence is lost.. =20 I look forward to hearing from you or someone in your office soon. I= can be contacted at the numbers listed below at any time. Thank you in = advance for the opportunity to discuss this matter. =20 =20 =20 Sincerely, =20 =20 Cathy Bates (713) 524-2530 home (832) 372-6602 cellcbates@houston.rr.com << File: mailto:cbates@houston.rr.= com << << File: mailto:0@hotmail.com << =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20
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