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Those of you who read the business media might have heard about job enlargement (expanding the scope of a job horizontally), job enhancement (expanding the scope of a job vertically), and job rotation (training employees to handle more than one job) as ways to make work more fulfilling and to increase staffing flexibility. All three have pros and cons, and the management team has thought about each one carefully. We particularly like the concept of job enlargement, which lets employees take on gradually more and more responsibilities from their immediate supervisors.

Job rotation is the one we’ve decided to implement starting next quarter. The reasons are because it makes work more interesting and challenging because you’re always learning, and it makes life easier for managers because they have a wide pool of trained talent to throw at every new challenge and opportunity. We have analyzed all the job categories in the plant and identified the most appropriate cross-training opportunities

(job rotation is also called cross-training, by the way).

Follow the link below to identify your current job title, then check out the specific cross-training opportunities you can choose from. Then prioritize your first, second, and third choices (if your job has more than one listed) for job rotation. Please make your choices by April 10. This gives you plenty of time to discuss the possibilities with your supervisor and discuss the nature of each job with people who are already performing it. Please note also that we are asking all non-management employees to identify their preferences, so this is not optional.