Formal Letter of Reprimand to Sisyphus From the Hades Human Resources Department

“To be blunt, sometimes it seems like you don’t want to be here at all.”

Patrick Metzger
The Haven

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Image from Museo del Prado

To Team Member: Sisyphus
Boulder Roller (Level 3)

From People Manager: Hades
Lord of the Underworld

Dear Sisyphus;

Per our meeting of yesterday, this communication is a formal letter of reprimand for inappropriate behaviour and performance issues in the workplace.

Documented breaches of Underworld rules and protocols are detailed below:

1. Repeated lateness

Your contract of enslavement provides for a generous fifteen-minute break every three thousand years. We have documented two instances where you returned from your break over five minutes late.

This tardiness is disruptive to boulder rolling activities and the torture operation as a whole. In one case the senior supervising demon had to leave her post to investigate, resulting in several important clients being dipped in boiling tar several minutes behind schedule.

2. Inappropriate attire

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Patrick Metzger
The Haven

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