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The author accepts no liability whatsoever for any consequence arising
out of the employment of the above-named person.
Any accidental benefit which may accrue should be deemed an "Act of God"
and you are advised to perform an appropriate Act of Thanksgiving by COB on the same date.
Mr D. Edwards
3 E.P. Boulevarde
Beachmere QLD 4511.
Dear Mr Edwards,
Pursuant to your recent interview, we are pleased to offer you a position as Employment Officer with our organisation.
You will be paid a salary of $12,384.13 per annum. As you are required to use your own vehicle to convey clients to job interviews and courses, you will also receive a car allowance of 50 cents per mile to a maximum of $15 per week. No allowance is payable unless you are conveying at least three clients per trip.
Hours of work are 7.30 am to 6 pm. However you will no doubt wish to commence half an hour early each day to take advantage of our excellent programme of calisthenics and group singing.
Our dress code is business suit, felt hat, white shirt, and company tie. However, on Saturdays coat and hat may be dispensed with by staff with over three years service.
In order to reduce administrative overheads, no overtime is paid. This should allow you to attend to your duties without bothering yourself with tedious financial calculations.
You and your fellow workers will be rostered to provide the premises with firewood and cabbages for sustenance of the staff (lunch is to be taken at your desk) and as a charity to our clients.
We are a God-fearing organisation, Mr Edwards! We will therefore require you to furnish us with a quarterly return of your church attendances.
Holidays are taken in the first two weeks of December. You and Mrs Edwards will lodge at our barracks at Blurke House near Ipswich. I understand an excellent view is to be had there of the Swanbank Power Station. You and the other male staff will tend the lime kilns, while, as we have a contract with the adjacent prison, Mrs Edwards and the other ladies will busy themselves in that establishment's laundry. Children are domiciled at our camp at Normanton on the Gulf of Carpentaria. We believe these congenial arrangements foster the necessary group spirit and camaraderie amongst the staff and their families.
You will be aware, Mr Edwards, that with the demise of the Commonwealth Employment Service (may God rest their souls), as well as the impending doom of Employment National, positions such as these are keenly sought after and therefore we cannot countenance any delay in your response to this generous offer. We have no doubt that our attractive salary package together with excellent conditions of employment, will be favourably received by you, and we look forward to the commencement of your employment with us next Monday.
Welcome aboard, Mr Edwards!
Yours faithfully,
Ebenezer E. Spragg
Managing Director.
P.S. May you be blessed with fortitude and endurance in the years that stretch before you!
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