He buries them in the drawer. Things are going pretty good the first part of his rookie year. But, towards the end things start to head downhill and it looks like he’ll have to give a mediocre report to the Board at his yearly review. Then he remembers the envelopes. Curious, he opens the first one. In it is a note that reads:
“Blame it on me.”
Brilliant! He writes his report to say everything was the former bosses fault and he’s doing his best to change things around.
Another year goes by and his group’s performance is not up to standards. He remembers the envelopes and reads the second: “Reorganize”.
Brilliant! His report says he recognizes the faulty performance and has reorganized his entire group to correct it. Just give it a little time to settle and all should be fine.
Well, as you can imagine, the third year is worse yet. But he has the magic envelopes so when reporting time rolls around he anxiously open the third and it reads:
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