Twenty five percent of this message has been cut as part of necessary budget savings. Some people may consider this a blessing in disguise, others may point out that it may undermine the whole piece. It could be argued that most writers would benefit from a greater economy of words. Restrictions on the number of words should not prevent decisions being conveyed in writing although it may result in the explanations being shorter or not provided at all. However as these decisions are ”no brainers” and not open to debate so this isn’t seen as a problem.
There may be some unintended consequences of this efficiency drive such as punch lines being cut from the final approved draft. However as the current financial climate is no laughing matter the loss of such frivolity is no great hardship.
In the future it will be far more efficient and cost effective to simply post decisions made on the office intranet. If you do not work in the office or have access to a computer we suggest you” buddy up” with someone who has.
Whilst on the subject of economical use of resources it has been decided to do away with paragraphs as these create huge areas of unused white space. As you can imagine if you multiply the white space in the average communication by the number of communications made in just one week by an organisation employing over five thousand staff you could save a lot of white space .A small project group has been set up to look at the feasibility of selling this space to advertisers. Anyone with family or friends in the private sector who may be interested in buy this space is asked to contact Lillian in admin.Here are a list of decisions made this month that will directly effect all staff they include posts to be deleted in the restructuring, changes in pension arrangements and new office car parking charges .Message ends