"Unfortunately time and again we have come to observe the inability of employees to follow simple rules during password creation. For example, despite our warnings, employees often create a password containing more than one consecutive non-numeral; other employees attempt to createa a password consisting only of numbers, only of letters, or an insecure mix of numbers and letters - e.g. 5:1 - with no special characters.
This is unacceptable.
Henceforth, new passwords must be one of the following five possibilities, as described below:
s$sVC!{IV{wG:|9 (Employees with last name beginning with A-F)
bE#40,$&T@V}266 (Employees with last name beginning with G-L)
U>~7nw*,55{][%H (Employees with last name beginning with M-R)
EL8$v{4#L8482 5 (Employees with last name beginning with S-X)
or
1^_4s"x&T3pB,%% (All other employees).
You may not use a password you have ever used previously. In two weeks, the new possibilities will be posted to the web site, and you must change your password immediately to one of the new possibilities.
You have brought this on yourselves, and if you begin to show an ability to use secure passwords, you may get to pick your own in the future. Until then, they will be assigned to you.
HR."