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IELTS Letter Writing / GT Writing Task 1:

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

You recently took a part-time job working for a local company. After a few weeks, you realised there were some problems with the job.

Write a letter to the manager of the company. In your letter:

  •   explain why you took the job
  •   describe the problems that you experienced
  •   suggest what could be done about them

Write at least 150 words.

You do NOT need to write any addresses.

Begin your letter as follows:

Dear ....................,

 

Model Answer 1:

Dear Mr Chen,

I am Rona Lyn Olivar, one of the part-time receptionists at your Sea View Hotel. I have been working here since July and I have taken the job to gain some experience that I thought would be helpful for my future career. I am writing to draw your attention to a few issues I have encountered in the hotel. I am hoping that you would take steps to solve these.

I have noticed that some of the duty staff at night shift sleep inside the hotel's quarter instead of being at the reception area. Literally, I and Lindsay- who is also a new employee, work and manage everything at night. They even do not bother to come to the reception area at busy hours when we have an influx of guests - usually on Friday nights. I believe this is against the rules.

Moreover, breakfast is supposed to be ready before 7:00 am but it is not the case. Sometimes the guests have to wait till 8:00 am for breakfast to arrive. Some of the guests have lodged complaints regarding this.  

I thought you should be notified about these irregularities. Duty officers on the night shift should be reprimanded and warned so that they execute their duties. Besides, look at the recent complaints regarding the delay in breakfast serving and talk to the head chef.  

I look forward to your response regarding this matter.

Yours sincerely,

Rona Olivar

 

Model Answer 2:

Dear Mr Harris,

I am a part-time call centre operator at your company, started working about 4 weeks ago. I am writing to indicate some of the problems I encountered during my work. I am hoping that you would investigate these issues and resolve them.

I decided to take the position of telesales specialist because I want to develop a career in the digital sales industry. Besides, it offers flexible timing and does not contradict my class schedule. However, I realised there are some obstacles that need your intervention.

The problems started almost a fortnight ago when the system administrator updated my computer's operating system. A few days ago, while I was querying a customer for her personal data, my computer restarted and this person’s profile was lost. This occurred several times afterwards. I asked the system administrator to solve it, but he did nothing about it!

The software that manages our calls often deliver far more calls per hour than we can handle. The person in charge did not listen to our request and asked us to contact you.

I believe that the system administrator should be show caused due to his negligence and the call-flow should be rational. More calls demotivate us do not mean more sales.


Sincerely yours,

Ben Flip

 

Model Answer 3:

Dear Mr Patrick,

I am working as a part-time computer operator in your office for the last six weeks. I took the job to fund my internship in a software programming course. Today, I am writing to raise some concerns about the problems I facing on the job and hoping your intercession to solve them.

I was told at the time of joining that the working hours would be from 2:00 to 6:00 pm. However, I have been working from 2:00 to 10:00 pm for the last couple of days. Unfortunately, the person who is supposed to come at 7:30 pm sharp does not show up until 10.00 pm.   

Moreover, my supervisor forces me to work on Fridays, which according to my job contract is not mandatory. Although I had managed to work on Friday until the last week by missing a few lectures at college, it seems unmanageable in the future as this will affect my studies.

I would really appreciate it if you could talk to our supervisor about these problems and offer me a solution as early as possible. Otherwise, I would have to quit the job, even though I enjoy my work and love working for your company.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Riya Nagpal

[ Written by - Riya Nagpal ]

 

Model Answer 4:

Dear Mr Anderson,

I would like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to work in your company as a part-time cost-benefit analyst. So far I have been enjoying my work but some issues have been raised that need your interference to resolve. I am hoping that you would help me work even more efficiently by solving them.  

I joined your company on 20th September as a part-timer and gaining experience and supporting my university tuition were my reasons to take a job. My job contract was to work for three days a week. Recently our team lead has instructed me to work four days per week which will contradict my class schedule.

Besides, the computer I was given is not suitable to do my work. Despite assurance from the IT department, I am yet to receive a high configuration laptop. In fact, I am using my own laptop to work with the Primavera Software and I am worried about losing project data if some technical problems occur.

I hope that I have not raised any irrational complaints and really need your help to work efficiently.

Yours faithfully,

Milad Rahimi

[ Written by - Milad Rahimi ]

 

Model Answer 5:

Dear Mr Johnson,

I am writing to you regarding a few issues related to the job I have taken in your company. I decided to take the job in order to gain some practical experience as a law student but I am afraid some problems deter me to work properly, which is affecting me personally.

I understand the job requires me to fill in a minimum of 3 affidavits each day in accordance with the files given by our solicitors. The problem is that the solicitors cannot hand in the files on time. I was told that I should get the files before 10 each morning, but in reality, I never have them before lunch, that is, 1.00 pm. As a consequence, I have to stay up until 10.00 pm almost every day to finish my daily work.

Since in theory, our solicitors are supposed to complete their files the day before, I am wondering if it is possible for you to ask them to hand in the files a little bit earlier. I live far away from our firm and have classes from 6.30 in the morning, so working up to 10.00 pm is troublesome for me. I hope you would understand the issue and take steps to solve it.

Once again, thank you for your attention.

Yours sincerely,

Vanessa Quan

[Written by - Vanessa]


 

IELTS GT Writing Task 1 / Letter Writing Topic:

You recently took a part-time job working for a local company. After a few weeks, you realised there were some problems with the job.

Write a letter to the manager of the company. In your letter:

    » explain why you took the job
    » describe the problems that you experienced
    » suggest what could be done about them

Write at least 150 words.

 

Model Answer 6:

Dear Mrs Jeeni:

I have joined your company as a part-time employee a few weeks ago and I am indebted for the opportunity you have bestowed on me. I took the job to finish my internship - which is a requirement to complete my Bachelor degree. However, some challenges are impeding our work performance and I need your help to solve them.

During this short span of my work, I have noticed some problems that are obstacles to the overall progress of the company. To start with, I help other data analysts with different data from various sources as per the requirement. I have to collect the same data many times. The main reason behind this redundant work is the lack of MIS reporting software and a solid database system. We can avail many benefits by using that type of software. It would both ensure better performance of employees and data security.

Moreover, we have to take our lunch outside and this kills our valuable time. Lunch arrange by the office would ensure hygienic meals, and save our time which we could better utilise in the office.

Therefore, I request you to implement MIS software for our office, which would be a really prudent investment in the long run. Besides, please arrange lunch for the employees as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully,

Safayet Ullah

[ Written by - Safayet Ullah ]

 

Model Answer 7:

Dear Mr Lim,

I have been working with your company for almost five weeks as a part-time call centre agent. I am writing this letter to raise my concerns regarding some of the problems that I encountered during my work at your company. I am expecting that you would take measures to resolve them.

I took the job as I believed it would enhance my communication and public speaking skills and increase my confidence in socialising with other people in an addendum to supporting my studies.

During the first week, everything went fine. But from my second week, I started facing some unavoidable issues. My computer automatically shuts down and it interrupts my communication with customers. It happened almost every day. After I raised the problem to the technician in charge, he tried to fix it but without success. What I hate most is that the guy is blaming me for not using the computer properly! In addition, I was supposed to be picked up and dropped off every office day, but this is not happening.  

I am confident enough that the computer problem is not at all my fault, and happens due to the use of pirated software. I am concerned because my overall performance has already been affected by it. It would be easier if a new computer is provided to me or made sure the fix is done properly. Also please try to arrange my transportation, at least to drop me off at the end of the office.

I am hoping for your immediate response on this matter.

Respectfully yours,

Christine Hazel


 

Sample Answer 8:

Dear Mrs Fischer,

I am a part-time Financial Assistant in your office and I joined here almost three months ago. I am honoured to be considered a deserving employee in your reputed organisation. However, I am writing this letter to raise some concerns about the job. I am sure you would probe these issues and solve them.

I delightfully took the job to work for an excellent company and I was offered an attractive remuneration. The prospect for improvement and promotion was another reason I joined here.

I have signed the contract paper as a part-time employee and my office hours are from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. But the head of my department always forces me to come before 10:00 o'clock in the morning and this has become quite impossible for me. I have to drop off my son at his school at 8:30 am. I am not sure why the head of the department is ordering me to start office before 10:00 am while he never shows up before 11:00 am?

I am also shocked to face the unforeseeable trouble of working until 9:00 pm to finish my scheduled task. Sometimes I have to stay office till late hours while the whole office is deserted.

I feel nervous to tell the department head not to force me to come office before 10:00 am. That is why I am notifying you about this problem. I guess I should be given as many opportunities as it is offered to other employees. I can fully devote myself to work harder but something unusual and unreasonable should not be imposed on me. I want your intervene to have this problem resolved.

I will be waiting to get a positive response from you.

Sincerely yours,

Sudip Pant

[ Written by Sudip Pant ]

 

IELTS GT Writing Task 1 / Letter Writing Topic:

You recently took a part-time job working for a local company. After a few weeks, you realised there were some problems with the job.

Write a letter to the manager of the company. In your letter:

    » explain why you took the job
    » describe the problems that you experienced
    » suggest what could be done about them

Write at least 150 words.

 

Model Answer 9:  

Dear Mr Lechner,

I have been working as a part-time fitness instructor at your gym for the last four months. I am gratified to be offered the job, not only because I need to earn some extra money to cover my living expenses but also because I want to enhance my experience in fitness training. Unfortunately, some impediments in the job force me to ask for your intervention.

People often need help from instructors in using the gym equipment. However, it seems that other trainers are reluctant in offering assistance to club members. I offer as much as I can, but this means I am constantly in demand and therefore, working harder than anyone else in the gym. This situation seems rather unfair.

While I realise that members receive initial gym instruction, I feel that they also need ongoing help with the equipment. Could I suggest that a letter is sent to trainers promoting this? After all, the personal attention of this kind makes people feel valued and may result in increased membership.

Yours faithfully,

Donald Green


 

Sample Answer 10:

Dear Mr Karim,

I am writing to raise my concern about some specific problems with respect to my current job. I have been doing a part-time job as a Software Architect in your company for the last two months and have two specific problems which impeded me to work properly. I am hoping you would intervene and resolved these problems.

I really like my job and looking forward to working for your company and contribute with my best effort. But sadly, I can not access the Internet and had been restricted to use the office intranet. Frankly speaking, I have never faced it in another company. I completely understand all the securities and policies, but in fact, employees often struggle with different problems during developing new discrete and concrete components in SOA patterns and Googling is the best way to get help and resources. Therefore, I sincerely ask you to allow us to access the Internet.

Moreover, I was informed to help the User Interface (UI) team swiftly accomplish their job a few weeks ago. But my current seat arrangement is quite inconvenient to interact with the UI team members as they are on a different floor. Hence, I would appreciate it if you put my seat near the UI development team immediately.

I beg your pardon for pointing out issues which sound more like complaints. My sincere apology for that and I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Ali Khan

[Written by Ali]

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Madhu
Dear Mr John,I have recently joined your 'Shoppers Stop' as a part-time salesperson and I am thankful for the opportunity you have given me. This letter is regarding a few issues that I am facing since last week which requires your interference. I am hoping you would solve the issues so that I can work more efficiently.Firstly, I was hired as a salesperson for the night shift but I was regularly asked to fill in the evening shift as an additional resource. This affects my evening college hours as I am constantly running late to my classes. I suggest hiring new staff for the evening hours to solve the issue. Moreover, the supervisor often asks me to work on the billing counter and customer care desk for which I was neither hired for nor I have any experience in. Since my core responsibility is to assist the customers and not to handle the billing counter, I might be ready to handle it if I get an opportunity to intake some sort of training.I request your earliest intervention in these issues and I am looking forward to hearing from you.Yours sincerely, Madhumathi Ravi
Shub
Dear Sir or Madam,

I am Robert Brook, and I have joined your esteemed organisation on 1st March this year as a part-timer. I have not joined as a full-timer because of my computer classes that are scheduled every morning. I want to balance out both, thus I have opted for a part-time job. However, my office time and class schedule now contradict and I am turning to you for a solution.

I have been enjoying my work from the very beginning, but suddenly I have encountered a problem. My shift has changed to morning effective from next Monday. Therefore, managing my education would be very tough for which I have taken a loan from the bank and I am paying the instalments from my wages. Hence, I am stuck in a very critical situation for which I need your assistance. Though I have mentioned during my hiring that I will not be able to do any other shift apart from the evening for which I have no complaint, my manager changed my shift without even consulting me.

I would need your support to swap me with any other person to meet my and the company's expectations.

Thanks for your help in advance. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Shobhit Saxena
Jamsheer Kutty
Dear Mr. Smith,

I am writing this letter to inform you about the challenges that I am facing at work since last week. I hope you will take the necessary steps to solve this problem.

I joined your company as a part-time Article Writer working from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Usually, I do complete my task on time and then attend my college at 1:00 pm. However, for the last few days, I started to miss some of my lectures due to extended work. This is happening because the hard copies which I receive from the Talent team are getting delayed and due to which I start my actual work a bit late.

Apart from this, sometimes the team makes some additional changes to the document at the last minute which again adds to my problem of editing my content. I really cannot miss my lectures as my exams are coming next month. Also, I do not want to leave the job as I love it and it helps me in managing my finances. I would really appreciate it if you could allocate someone alongside me so that we can manage the workload together and he/she can carry on from where I leave.

I am hoping for a positive response from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Jamsheer Kutty
Clay
Letter Writing Topic: You recently took a part-time job working for a local company. After a few weeks, you realised there were some problems with the job.Write a letter to the manager of the company. In your letter:-- explain why you took the job-- describe the problems that you experienced-- suggest what could be done about them. Answer: Dear Manager,I am writing to express my concerns about my job at your company. As you know, I am working here as a part-timer and my main duty is to maintain the organisation's computer system. I still remember how excited I was when I was offered this job opportunity last month because I was very eager to apply my college knowledge in a practical field.I started working from the beginning of this month and three weeks has already passed. Two issues I faced so far and those are troubling me. I would like to bring these issues to your attention. First, I found it was not convenient for me to report to the company office by 12: 30 pm every Tuesday. I have to attend a lecture on every Tuesday morning from 10.00 am to 12.00 am. Afterwards, I have only half an hour to rush into the office from the university, which makes me very stressful. Thus, I wonder if it is possible for me to go to work half an hour later on Tuesday. Second, I was asked to do programming with the language C++ at the company. However, I am not familiar with C++, and that is why my job progress is very slow. Instead, I am very good at the Java programming language and believe that the underlying task can be done equally well with Java. Therefore, I would like to request the change of programming language from C++ to Java.I hope you can understand my situation and give the above requests a favourable consideration. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.Yours,Clay
Biwas Bhattarai
Dear Mr Basu,I am Biwas Bhattarai and have been working in your company as a part-time Trainee Hygiene Supervisor from the last September. I would like to thank the entire team who believed in me and gave me the opportunity to work here, learn and contribute. However, there are some issues which I think I should bring to your attention.I chose the job of the Hygiene Supervisor as my academic study and interest exactly matched the requirements of the job. Also, I am more than happy to work on a job that concerns about public health safety. I am fond of working in a team as well. These all parameters brought me to this job.While working, I discovered that there are some weaknesses and issues in the company and improving those can make a better productivity of the company. As a newly appointed staff, I experienced that some old employees have an invisible prejudice on following instructions given by supervisors and this is hampering the overall performance of the team. More importantly, few staffs do not have enough awareness of basic hygiene practices while preparing food. Although, our company has provided proper SOPs but, that are not being followed properly in all the cases.I would like to draw your attention to these issues and would suggest to organize hygiene awareness training for the newly appointed employees. Strictly follow-up on company policy and timely reminders through on-the-job training can be a great initiative to address this issue. Supervisors can be instructed to monitor daily hygiene practices and to report if any violation is noticed. There should be rewards and consequences on this matter.I would appreciate your effort on these issues.Yours sincerely,Biwas .
Mahdi
Mr David, the respected Manage;I am writing this letter to address some problems that have surrounded me in the office.I've accepted your part time internship vacancy, which completely matched my field of study in the university. I was so delighted to have been offered this position and started working hard in response. As I mentioned in my resume, I am a student and it obviously makes me be punctual in order to reach my goal both in the university and the job environment. The first two weeks of my job in your company was quite fabulous until some unavoidable situation arrived! The team I have been working have decided to take the day off on Monday and work on Sunday. This contradicts my schedule. I have notified the team lead and have not heard anything from him. Apart from that, I am being assigned some workloads that are completely irrelevant to my job position like bulk printing or meeting a client outside. Even though I cordially infomed the teamlead, he is completely noncooperative. Finally, the office car has stopped picking me up from my home and taking a taxi everyday is not economical for me. I would really appreciate if you can consider my problems as serious matters and take an immediate action to prevent further ramifications. Yours truly,Mahdi Akbary.
Keshav Grover
IELTS GT Writing Task 1: You recently took a part-time job working for a local company. After a few weeks, you realised there were some problems with the job.Write a letter to the manager of the company.Answer: Dear Mr James,Greetings of the Day! My name is Keshav Grover and I have joined here in Hyundai six weeks ago in Customer Service section as a part-timer. I am writing you today to raise a concern I have during my work on 5pm to 8 pm.As you know, we have enormous customer complaints due to the festival season and we have to resolve these grievances within 2 hours of a customer complaint. I would like to inform you that we are unable to solve customer concerns within the given target of 2 hours due to heavy workloads. It seems unmanageable.I would be really grateful if you add another person in our department to support the exceedingly higher customer complaints. Hope to hear from you soon.Yours sincerely,Kesha v GroverCustomer Service Department.
Syed Taimur Shah
Dear Mr Ali, I recently took a job in your company as an Assistant Finance Manager as your company. Since the job timing and requirements suited my daily schedule and interests, I thought working in your company would increase the value of my resume and my work experience for future employers. Unfortunately, I am facing quite a few difficulties at work that I would like to bring to your attention. Firstly, the company took away the laptop that was given to me for office work and I have been told to bring my own workstation. This is not possible as I do not have any spare personal laptop and even if I did, it would be against the company's rule to work with sensitive data on an employee's personal computer.Secondly, the late shift staff that I work with is not provided with food and coffee. It will save a lot of time for finance team if they could get food within the office. This could also improve work continuity as the staff won't have to leave the cubicle for one to two hours.I am sure that these changes will not only benefit me and my team but also help the organisation in a long run.Yours faithfullySyed Taimur Shah.
Subbu
You recently took a part-time job working for a local company. After a few weeks, you realised there were some problems with the job.Write a letter to the manager of the company. In your letter-- explain why you took the job-- describe the problems that you experienced-- suggest what could be done about them. Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Subrahmanyam and I am a native of Phoenix, Arizona. I recently joined as a part-time Software Developer in May Saverde located in central Phoenix. I am a college student studying computer science at Arizona State University and will be graduating next year. To fund my college fee and cover living expenses, I joined in this job 5 weeks back. I am getting paid well in this job but I am facing a lot of work pressure from my colleagues. As they know I am a part timer, they are forcing me to do all of their works. They are doing micro management and telling me that they can fire me if they want. Our manager is very kind to me but her office is located in another location and that’s why she has not noticed those issues. It will be much appreciated if she can come to our work place more often so individual employees can share their work experience with her. If she can provide her mobile number to reach her that will be really helpful.Thanks in advance.Subrahmanyam.
Saurav
Dear Sir,This is to bring to your attention that, I am a part time teleseller in your organisation. I have been working here since 1st of September, 2015 in the evening shift.While joining for this job I was told and also agreement signed for the evening 5 to 8 shift but for last couple of days our shift supervisor is insisting me to work for another 2 hours which is beyond my contract and also I am not in a position to meet the timing as regularly I have to leave for my office by 6 in the morning. So, If I work late night then that may affect my morning schedule.I, therefore, request your good self to look into the matter and do the needful, if at all you need somebody to work until 10.00 pm then I would like to request you to kindly arrange for another person for extra two hours. We can discuss the matter tomorrow at your convenient during my duty hours here.Looking forward to meet you soon.Yours faithfullySaura v Guha
Jake
Dear Mr Lim,I would like to thank you for giving me an opportunity to do a part-time job in your workshop. The money I earned from this work helps me to pursue my university course.I am writing you because I want to inform you about some problems I had observed into your motor shop. In my 3 weeks stay here I have observed that most of your mechanics arrived late at work and they leave the shop very early in the afternoon. That is the main reason why we cannot keep our commitments to our costumers to deliver their unit on time. They are already complaining, because they cannot get their car on the day we have promised to them.I think you should meet them and remind them of their duty and responsibilitie s to come to work on time and to finish the job on time. Otherwise, we will lose the trust of our clients and they might look for another service provider.Respectfully yours,Jake.
Nima
To: Mr AlaviThe human resource manager of ABC company. I’m Nima M, your one of the newest employees. I have been working since 4 weeks in your company in project management section as a part-timer. This job was very good for me during this time but I’m writing to discuss some problems regarding this job. Before that, I would like to give details about my responsibilitie s in the work environment. I have been working for 3 years in this position in 2 other renowned companies and I chose this job in your company to take further my career prospects. As you know I had to collect and analyse reports of projects from all teams but some of the employees in marketing department don’t like this reporting procedure and they denied reporting to me so that I can analyse their outputs. I tried several times to convince these employees to report me, but unfortunately, I can’t cope to solve this problem. I think if you set meeting with my section with other parts of the company especially marketing team to discuss about this event, it would bring out a solution with your generosity and tact. I’m waiting to hear from you about your feedback and suggestions to solve this matter. Your sincerely,Nima MProject Manager ID: 0324654
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