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Stephen Bennett, professional meteorologist, was hired into the Research=20
group in September of this year as a Specialist based on salary alignment= =20 criteria. In retrospect, and upon review, he should have been hired on as = a=20 Senior Specialist. After coming on board. it rapidly became apparent that Stephen was clearly = an=20 "under hire." He is well-deserving of an immediate promotion (really more = of=20 a correction) and pay raise, to be made retroactive at least to the 1st of= =20 this month. This memo outlines the circumstances surrounding this hiring=20 error and provides detailed justifications for this retroactive "promotion.= " At the time of the interview process, there was no position in Enron=20 designated as "Professional Meteorologist." In fact, the most recent simil= ar=20 hire prior to that date was Jose Marquez, also a professional meteorologist= ,=20 who was hired in, based on salary alignment criteria, as a manager. While= =20 functionally, both these men are meteorologists, Enron has no such job=20 classification. Compounded by the urgency in bringing on additional=20 professional expertise in short time order, it was difficult to peg the=20 proper Enron classification appropriate for this new position. This origin= al=20 uncertainty and resulting misplacement of Stephen into the Specialist=20 category, rather than the Senior Specialist category, needs to be corrected= =20 at this time. Although a "new-hire" to Enron, Stephen Bennett has extensive work=20 experience. He has worked as a professional meteorologist at both the=20 Weather Services Corporation in Boston and at The Weather Channel in=20 Atlanta. He came to Enron well-referenced by both those organizations,=20 needing no further training and only minimal supervision. Once aboard here in Houston, Stephen immediately demonstrated the core Enro= n=20 values with our unique sense of urgency. After only a week, he assumed=20 responsibilities normally reserved for someone actually at even a manager= =20 level - he was assigned and fully took over the critical afternoon weather= =20 briefings to the gas traders. This includes analysis and report preparatio= n=20 as well as presentation. Also in the presentation arena, he now regularly= =20 briefs various desks in the morning and throughout the day. Stephen is a= =20 master of communication and particularly adept at conveying what through=20 other messengers might otherwise seem confusing or ambiguous. Stephen has also demonstrated an unusually high level of self-initiative. = He=20 designed, implemented, and now maintains several sub-sites on the Research= =20 web page which he tailored to various customers - in specific: the weather= =20 derivatives team, the agricultural team, and most recently, the crude and= =20 liquids team. I have recently assigned Stephen to spearhead our conversion= =20 and major upgrade of this web page. These above described accomplishments are above and beyond Stephen=01,s reg= ular=20 duties which include starting work at 5 am daily, reliably and without fail= ,=20 to assemble and prepare our trader=01,s weather report. Recently, with the= =20 advent of extended hours for both NYMEX and EnronOnline, Stephen voluntaril= y=20 on his own accord, assists in our new Sunday weather support effort. As hi= s=20 supervisor, fully cognizant of his already standard 50+ hour work week, I d= o=20 not solicit, but readily accept, this above and beyond expectations=20 assistance. In review, the circumstance which resulted in this under hire condition was= =20 Enron=01,s immediate need for a non-standard, fairly unique professional - = a=20 meteorologist, coupled with Stephen=01,s desire to work for our company in = spite=20 of the absence of a hierarchy which included the exact entitled professiona= l=20 title reflecting his chosen career path.. Once hired, Stephen has clearly= =20 demonstrated through contribution and performance that he is well-deserving= =20 of this immediate and retroactive promotion.
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