Mr. Graham Walker, 

If this email happens to find you, I pray it serves its purpose. For those in contact with this email, I greatly appreciate your efforts in helping this email reach Mr. Walker. 

Mr. Walker, you will doubtfully remember me, but you convinced me to continue pursuing a mechanical engineering degree at Louisiana Tech and will know my father. A man who spent 26 years working for your father’s company. A man whom in the 23 years I have known him, has never spoken ill of the company. Even today, after speaking with him after being terminated, he refused to speak ill of the company he has served for 26 years. I have praised your company for its ethics and treatment of employees, and even longed to work for the same company my father, uncle, and grandfather worked for. However, today it is clear to me that the standards your father’s company once held are gone. To terminate a man after 26 years of faithful employment, just prior to the holiday season is a clear indication that the company I was raised to love, cares only for profits and not the employees that it is comprised of. Is this not the same company that suffered a devastation in the form of fire, and yet no employee went without pay? It seems as though the answer to that question is a resounding no. My father personally reached out to you, on multiple occasions, for guidance and direction as his current role changed. If you had asked him to sweep the plant floor he would have done so without hesitation. I speak with him each day, and each day he spoke something similar to the following: “Graham has a plan” “He [Mr. Graham Walker] will find me something to do.” “They’ll take care of me”. Yet today, after 26 years of service he was terminated. I ask not for my father’s job. I simply hope that this email reaches you and reminds you that the company you lead is dependent on its employees as all companies do. My hope is that this email reaches you and might prevent another employee from facing similar circumstances. 

God Bless, 
Patrick Hammett