During the last three months of my position as office manager, I have noticed some changes for the worst amongst my employees which appear to be a result of Jessica’s leave of absence. My office provides one secretary for every two members of the executive team. Jack Snyder assists Ralph Alane and Jessica Hilo, and Ruth Disselkoen supports Samuel and Frank Daley. The main difference between the teams is that Jack’s team has a full time administrative assistant, while Ruth’s team has a part-time assistant. Jessica’s work has been assigned to Ralph and Frank Daley for the duration of her leave, which I believe has put the workload of the teams out of balance. As a result, Ruth has begun to take shorter breaks and use overtime to complete her work. However, this has resulted in her being frequently exhausted on the job as well as receive complaints about the quality of her work. Jack, on the other hand, has been frequently late and takes longer breaks than allowed; he also frequently seems to have little work to do, although what work he has done was more than satisfactory to the team.

To alleviate these issues I propose the following changes: First of all, both teams should make an effort to separate Jessica’s workload from their own. Secondly, Ralph should complete his normal tasks in the morning and assist with Jessica’s work once he is finished. Thirdly, Frank should complete Jessica’s work first and his tasks in the afternoon. This way Jack can complete Ralph’s assignments in the morning and receive additional work from Frank in the afternoon. Ralph’s full time assistant shall assist him in the afternoon. Ruth should assist Samuel in the morning and address Frank’s normal tasks in the afternoon with the assistance of Jack. This should bring back a measure of balance to the office until Jessica