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LYNNETTE K. BRYANT

CASE: MODULE 2

PERSUASIVE MEMO

BUS303

16 November 2010

To: Zachary Evans

CC: President, CEO, and Board of Directors

From: Joseph Mirola

Date: November 16, 2010

Subject: Why Rocky Mountain should keep the fitness center open?

There has been some discussion in closing the fitness center in Rocky Mountain. As we begin to look at the cost for medical care in the company among employees, there has a significant drop since the fitness center opened. With this drop in medical care cost it saves the company a lot of money each year when employees become aware of the physical health. This is the main reason why we should keep the fitness center open.

There are also a number of reasons in my opinion for the center to remain open. A lot of employees never belong to a gym until now. There are at least 65% of personnel who actually come to the gym every day. Within that 65%, there are some who come to the gym 3-4 times a week and then there are some who only come 1-2 times a week. In my eyes these are still good numbers and people look forward to coming to the gym everyday to relieve stress and to gain control of the life. The fitness center is also located in a very convient location so employees can come and work out. This is also true to non employees of the company we’ve made it very accessible for them so they won’t have to travel to far to go to a gym. There has also been a significant change to the number of employee absentee due to medical illness on the job. Since employees are taking better care of their health they’re not getting sick as much as they were if they were not exercising. We need to look at this because the company is saving thousands of dollars every month because workers are not staying home as much and they’re going to the gym.

I know it may not seem like it’s much to you but to the average employee who works for us it means a lot to them. This shows them that someone really cares about them and their life as a...