Message-ID: <9786093.1075860839814.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:27:38 -0800 (PST) From: ezzy622@yahoo.com To: kenneth.lay@enron.com Subject: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Ezzy @ENRON X-To: ken.lay@enron.com, Brown, Daniel , Lay, Kenneth X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Kenneth_Lay_Mar2002\Lay, Kenneth\Inbox X-Origin: Lay-K X-FileName: klay (Non-Privileged).pst I needed to write this note to explain my situation and a lack of response and candor from Enron organization. I received a phone call on Monday (12/3/01) afternoon around 3:00 PM from my manager, under supervision and instruction of a representative from Houston that I had never heard of, telling me that my employment with Enron was terminated, effective immediately, along with several thousand others. The representative provided no customary information related to final paycheck, severance packages, outstanding expenses that I had incurred prior to termination, pay for vacation that I had earned throughout the year, health benefits, future employment assistance, etc. This from what used to be the best company in the world is so disheartening. I will outline my circumstances for you. - I began my employment with Enron Energy Services on January 24, 2000 as a Development Manager for the Mid-West Region. - I hold a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering. - I have been in the energy business for 20 years. - I quickly became your number 1 developer in the country during my first few months with the company. - I was promoted to Director Development in January 2001. - I continued outperforming many others with my increased responsibilities. - I was assigned as the Lead Developer for the Eli Lilly deal, as well as development responsibilities for Quebecor, Simon, Suiza, Quaker, and Harrah's. - Any customer that I dealt with were completely satisfied with my work. - I support a wife and 4 children. - I submitted an expense report a few days prior to my termination in the amount of $2,666.42 for company related expenses. I used my own credit card for all of these expenditure, not the American Express card. I don't even have an American Express card. My personal credit card bill has arrived, but I don't have the money from Enron to pay the bill. - I have additional expenses where the bills are just coming in and I have no idea how to submit them, or whether I will even get paid if I did. - I had 120 hours of earned vacation remaining for the year that I had not used yet and I was entitled to. - I was told by your e-mail and Alex Weiselburg to report to work on Monday, 12/3 - which I did - and therefore, it makes me entitled to that day of pay. The bottom line is that I have had no communications from anyone regarding my status for the items I have listed in here. We were all your loyal employees. If we needed to get laid off (although up to the last minute Alex was saying business as usual), so be it. It is just so unfair to get kicked out under these circumstances without any care in the world that we are all human beings with families to support. The least you could do is restore some of our dignity by paying what was rightfully ours such as expenses, back pay, earned vacation pay, and severance. Also, a little communication related to our health benefits and transition to other programs, job search assistance, etc. will be nice. This is the first time I have been laid off from anyplace and I have no expertise in this field. I don't think I am asking for much. If you were able to pay hundreds of thousands to several "key" individuals to buy their loyalty, you surely can afford to pay what is rightfully mine. I am very saddened by the dishonesty in the organization and the way we have all been treated. I would appreciate it if you could at least respond to my e-mail and let me know if there is anything for me to look forward to. Ezzatollah (Ezzy) Sadrerafi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com