Valeria.  Thanks for handling this one.  Please keekp me posted.  Michelle

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Hope, Valeria A.  
Sent:	Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:51 PM
To:	Cash, Michelle; Oxley, David; Davis, Sarah A.; Olson, Cindy
Subject:	FW: My Redeployment Experience

Cathy Bates contacted me earlier today and asked that I look into her concerns.  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 involved in the decision to end Ms. Bates' employment.

Valeria

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	"cathy bates" <cbates@houston.rr.com>@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22cathy+20bates+22+20+3Ccbates+40houston+2Err+2Ecom+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com] 
Sent:	Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:44 PM
To:	Lay, Kenneth
Cc:	Davis, Sarah A.; Hope, Valeria A.; Olson, Cindy; Oxley, David
Subject:	My Redeployment Experience


THIS MESSAGE IS PERSONAL  AND CONFIDENTIAL
 
Mr. Lay:
    After attending the  All Employee Meeting at The Hyatt on Thursday, August 16th during the Q&A  period, someone sent the comment stating "Redeployment 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  experience.  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 Enron'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 exalted higher.   Those values are Communication and  Respect.
 
 
    I received redeployment from  Enron Broadband Services- Investment group on Monday, June 18th, 2001.   Sheila Walton, a HR rep spoke to me regarding what the process would  entail.  During this meeting, Sheila mentioned the redeployment process to  me, but discussed and stressed to me more, my options  when I departed the company, rather than my options to locate another  position with the company, not at all promoting the advantage of  redeployment and its many success stories.  With no directions from Sheila  Walton, I took it upon myself to contact Joyce Barrett in the redeployment group  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  Communication, 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 at the end of the week of June 18-22.   
 
    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 regarding my redeployment  process.  Located in 3 Allen Center, I set-up my search 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  and values.  I met with Marie Jensen of Spearion to review my resume  and sharpen 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 outside 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 redeployment, 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 my  HR rep did nothing to assure me or inform me that this transition  is one that can be rewarding, as well as a strong  challenge.
 
    With Enron's values  system, Respect, Integrity, Communication and Excellence in place and  strongly promoted by you  and Jeff Skilling (before his  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 joke" is a kind way of putting it. No one should be  treated this way.   On July 31, 2001, I took a   temporary position in the Associate & Analyst Program 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 Shirley Cox,  Sheila Walton's assistant inquiring whether or not I had a  position within Enron.  I called Shirley back and gave  her information about the temporary assignment I had taken in the Associate  & Analysts Program. On  August 14th, a call was made by Sheila  Walton to a Sr. Admin in the Associate & Analyst Program,  inquiring whether I was working this department.  The admin passed the  information to Jeff Davis and he contacted Sheila Walton as to where I was  working and how long I had been working in the department.  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 system.  After the  conversation with Jeff Davis and Sheila Walton, I  find  out 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 due to  Business Reorganization in Enron Networks.  
 
    I am very concerned about the  way this matter was handled and the series of events that surrounded this  action.  As a result,  I would like to discuss with you and or  someone in the responsible capacity and go into further detail.   I have received a form letter stating that Enron can terminate my employment at  will, at any time and for any reason.  I feel this action has been provoked  for other reasons. 
 
     In ending this message to  you, Mr. Lay, you must know that redeployment at Enron is  a effective tool that should remain in place.  You should also know and  commend those persons who work in and closely with the redeployment group.   Enough good things cannot not be said about those people who go  out of their way to get you the help, the encouragement, the tools you 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 somewhat lost, hurt and you take it personally,although I realize it  was a business decision.  This occurrence was targeted and directed at  me personally 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  inhumanely.  Whether they are Enron's values or values in  general, HR representatives should portray what human  beings should have most of all...VALUES, and  when there is no communication, no respect, no integrity, "the  joke" begins and excellence is lost..
 
    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.
 
 
 
Sincerely,
 
 
Cathy Bates
(713) 524-2530 home
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