Some employers want to be able to contact their staff at all times, even on holidays. Does this development have more advantages than disadvantages?
Maintaining proper work-life balance is a challenge for many people these days. This has been exacerbated by the fact that many employers want their resources to be available for support even on weekends and public holidays. While the employers may have many justifications for the demands they place on their employees, the situation presents very dire consequences for the employee in the form of various stress-induced illness and fractured family lives.
A lot of flexibility is provided by firms to their employees in terms of their workplace and work timings. They don’t mind how the work gets done as long as the work is delivered on time. This flexibility unfortunately blurs the line of distinction between a person’s working hours and personal free time. Many IT services companies like IBM and Wipro to name a few allow their employees to work from home but then expect them to also often support “urgent” issues or deliverables on weekends. Although many organizations have very flexible work conditions, in the absence of proper expectation setting with their managers, it can be taken for granted that their resources may be available for work outside normal working hours.
People working longer than regular working hours tend to experience more stress related illness. The stress can be caused by unhealthy eating habits as a result of insane work hours. Moreover, working extended hours also means less quality time with family, which can adversely affect the relationships with family members. A recent survey by Cambridge University has shown that 90% of individuals who spent more time at work, even on holidays, tend to suffer from acute stress problems and 87% of individuals struggle with family problems. Therefore, it can safely be said that working overtime will do more harm than good in the long run.
In conclusion, the tendency of employers to engage their employees without respecting their personal time is not a very healthy development, literally. Despite the short-term benefits for the companies, if not controlled, it can have devastating effects on the health and overall well being of their employees.
- News stories on TV and in a newspaper are often accompanied by pictures Some people say that these pictures are more effective than words What is your opinion about this 67
- Some people think that zoos are all cruel and should be closed down Others however believe that zoos can be useful in protecting wild animals Discuss both opinions and give your own opinion 73
- Test topic 11
- As computers translate quickly and accurately learning foreign languages is a waste of time To what extent do you agree or disagree 67
- Some people think that books are losing importance as a source of information and entertainment To what extent do you agree 56
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, may, moreover, so, then, therefore, well, while, in conclusion, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 24.0651302605 100% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 41.998997996 107% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1816.0 1615.20841683 112% => OK
No of words: 345.0 315.596192385 109% => OK
Chars per words: 5.26376811594 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.3097767484 4.20363070211 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84366292299 2.80592935109 101% => OK
Unique words: 198.0 176.041082164 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.573913043478 0.561755894193 102% => OK
syllable_count: 546.3 506.74238477 108% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Article: 5.0 2.52805611222 198% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.76152304609 63% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.5317258637 49.4020404114 106% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.066666667 106.682146367 113% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0 20.7667163134 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 7.06120827912 85% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.9879759519 176% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.181918256241 0.244688304435 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0695462241707 0.084324248473 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0455841820222 0.0667982634062 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.121431112026 0.151304729494 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0180015851002 0.056905535591 32% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.8 13.0946893788 113% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 50.2224549098 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.3001002004 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.52 12.4159519038 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.31 8.58950901804 108% => OK
difficult_words: 99.0 78.4519038076 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.