The following bad news letter does not abide by bad news letter writing guidelines. Rewrite it fully, applying proper format and content requirements: To whoever it be, Note that your petition for salary raise has been rejected. Our company can not pay you more due to the economic crisis and the need for every penny to make up for COVID-19 forced closure losses; haven't you noticed that our country is so economically weak??? You have to understand our situation. Thank you anyways for writing to us. Good luck in your future trials. Don't give up, bro!