Company X has just switched to a 4-day workweek, mandating that employees work 10 hours per day from Monday to Thursday instead of 8 hours per day from Monday to Friday. Although the policy is new, Company X claims that the policy will help to increase profits by shutting down offices on Fridays and to boost employee morale by reducing commuting time to and from work each week.
Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
Recently Company X has decided to have a 4-day workweek and the workers will have to work for 10 hours each day for four days of the week (Monday-Thursday) instead of 8 hours per day for 5 days from Monday to Friday. The reason for this move as per stated by the company is to boost the profits and the company also belives that this will also boost the morale of the employees. However the claim made by the company does not seem to be reasonable and there seems to be some assumptions behind this move.
Firstly the company clearly does not take in account the working stamina of the employees. Humans unlike machines cannot maintain their efficiency of work all the time. Towards the end of their shifts/ working hours one does get exhausted and after the energy is drained it is hard to keepup the pace and efficiency of work. So when the company extens two hours in daily shifts to shorten the a day in a working week it does not see that this will not be helpfull for boosting the company output. Neighter does the company mention whether they survyed the company employees before taking the decision, do they feel positive about the new decision or no? Instead it would have been better to have a day extra rather than adding the hours to the daily shiftbecause the workers could start fresh and full of energy the next day.
The company did not mention if they had carried out a survey regarding this decision or atleast they consulted the employees. It is possible that the employees did prefer the previous working schedule given the demands of the job. For instance if the employees work is intensly physical then towards the end of the day it would be impossible for them to carry out 2 extra hours of work. In this situation the workers would rather prefer to have a working Friday instead of having to comprimise 2 hours extra daily for one day off. The company does not mention how would this boost the profits of the company. Even if the employees are able to maintain the same pace of work throught the shift which actually is not possible, but even then they will be working for same number of hours in a week as they did previously.
The company also mentions that the new working week schedule will boost the employee's moral as this will be reducing their daily travel time. They did not provid any supporting proofs or data for this claim. It is assumed that all the workers need to travel for significant of time daily to reach the work place. However it is also possible that the employees stay nearby and they do not have to come from far away and commuting time is not be very significant. Then this reason solely won't be sufficient to boost the morale of the employees.
In conclusion the company clearly makes some assumptions . And the overall claim does not seem to be reasonable at all. Neighter the company provides any supporting proofs and data, which indeed would have strengthen the claim. However the company fails to do so while stating their claim.
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Comments
Essay evaluation report
Sentence: The reason for this move as per stated by the company is to boost the profits and the company also belives that this will also boost the morale of the employees.
Error: belives Suggestion: believes
Sentence: Towards the end of their shifts/ working hours one does get exhausted and after the energy is drained it is hard to keepup the pace and efficiency of work.
Error: keepup Suggestion: keep
Sentence: So when the company extens two hours in daily shifts to shorten the a day in a working week it does not see that this will not be helpfull for boosting the company output.
Error: extens Suggestion: No alternate word
Error: helpfull Suggestion: helpful
Sentence: Neighter does the company mention whether they survyed the company employees before taking the decision, do they feel positive about the new decision or no? Instead it would have been better to have a day extra rather than adding the hours to the daily shiftbecause the workers could start fresh and full of energy the next day.
Error: survyed Suggestion: surveyed
Error: shiftbecause Suggestion: shift because
Sentence: The company did not mention if they had carried out a survey regarding this decision or atleast they consulted the employees.
Error: atleast Suggestion: attest
Sentence: For instance if the employees work is intensly physical then towards the end of the day it would be impossible for them to carry out 2 extra hours of work.
Error: intensly Suggestion: intently
Sentence: In this situation the workers would rather prefer to have a working Friday instead of having to comprimise 2 hours extra daily for one day off.
Error: comprimise Suggestion: compromise
Sentence: Even if the employees are able to maintain the same pace of work throught the shift which actually is not possible, but even then they will be working for same number of hours in a week as they did previously.
Error: throught Suggestion: No alternate word
Sentence: They did not provid any supporting proofs or data for this claim.
Error: provid Suggestion: proved
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flaws:
need to argue whether 'the policy will help to increase profits by shutting down offices on Fridays'
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Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 3.0 out of 6
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 10 2
No. of Sentences: 23 15
No. of Words: 538 350
No. of Characters: 2419 1500
No. of Different Words: 212 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.816 4.7
Average Word Length: 4.496 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.282 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 155 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 117 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 60 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 33 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 23.391 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 11.676 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.522 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.342 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.521 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.099 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 93, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...also boost the morale of the employees. However the claim made by the company does not ...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 119, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'a' is left.
Suggestion: the; a
...ns two hours in daily shifts to shorten the a day in a working week it does not see ...
^^^^^
Line 10, column 1, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Instead,
...positive about the new decision or no? Instead it would have been better to have a day...
^^^^^^^
Line 13, column 142, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...b. For instance if the employees work is intensly physical then towards the end o...
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Line 16, column 79, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...mpany. Even if the employees are able to maintain the same pace of work throught...
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Line 18, column 137, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...this will be reducing their daily travel time. They did not provid any supporting...
^^^
Line 20, column 9, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...travel for significant of time daily to reach the work place. However it is also...
^^
Line 20, column 33, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...f time daily to reach the work place. However it is also possible that the employees ...
^^^^^^^
Line 21, column 13, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'been'.
Suggestion: been
...rom far away and commuting time is not be very significant. Then this reason sole...
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Line 22, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...t to boost the morale of the employees In conclusion the company clearly makes ...
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Line 22, column 60, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Don't put a space before the full stop
Suggestion: .
...e company clearly makes some assumptions . And the overall claim does not seem to ...
^^
Line 23, column 87, Rule ID: HAVE_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Use past participle here: 'strengthened'.
Suggestion: strengthened
...roofs and data, which indeed would have strengthen the claim. However the company fails to...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 23, column 109, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...indeed would have strengthen the claim. However the company fails to do so while stati...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, firstly, however, if, regarding, so, then, while, for instance, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.6327345309 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.9520958084 108% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 11.1786427146 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 13.6137724551 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 36.0 28.8173652695 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 56.0 55.5748502994 101% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 16.3942115768 30% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2492.0 2260.96107784 110% => OK
No of words: 537.0 441.139720559 122% => OK
Chars per words: 4.64059590317 5.12650576532 91% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.81386128306 4.56307096286 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.31597021244 2.78398813304 83% => OK
Unique words: 215.0 204.123752495 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.400372439479 0.468620217663 85% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 735.3 705.55239521 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.59920159681 88% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 4.96107784431 101% => OK
Article: 4.0 8.76447105788 46% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.70958083832 74% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.67365269461 119% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.22255489022 47% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 19.7664670659 116% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 22.8473053892 101% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.6973177273 57.8364921388 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.347826087 119.503703932 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.347826087 23.324526521 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.5652173913 5.70786347227 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 24.0 5.15768463074 465% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 13.0 5.25449101796 247% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 8.20758483034 134% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 6.88822355289 73% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.67664670659 150% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.321257938835 0.218282227539 147% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.096405928086 0.0743258471296 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0977556354915 0.0701772020484 139% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.105165226659 0.128457276422 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0986125395927 0.0628817314937 157% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 14.3799401198 84% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 65.05 48.3550499002 135% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.197005988 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.93 12.5979740519 79% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.25 8.32208582834 87% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 98.500998004 85% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 12.3882235529 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.1389221557 101% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.9071856287 84% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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