The following appeared in a memo at XYZ company.
"When XYZ lays off employees, it pays Delany Personnel Firm to offer those employees assistance in creating résumés and developing interviewing skills, if they so desire. Laid-off employees have benefited greatly from Delany's services: last year those who used Delany found jobs much more quickly than did those who did not. Recently, it has been proposed that we use the less expensive Walsh Personnel Firm in place of Delany. This would be a mistake because eight years ago, when XYZ was using Walsh, only half of the workers we laid off at that time found jobs within a year. Moreover, Delany is clearly superior, as evidenced by its bigger staff and larger number of branch offices. After all, last year Delany's clients took an average of six months to find jobs, whereas Walsh's clients took nine."
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.
The memo suggests that the decision of XYZ to use Walsh Personnel Firm in place of Delany Firm is a mistake. It provided arguments to prove that Delany Personnel Firm is a better firm than Walsh and the sole reason to use Walsh Personnel Firm is the monetary benefits as Walsh is a cheaper alternative. The memo is plagued with unwarranted assumptions that need to be highlighted. Hence, before this proposal is accepted, the following three questions must be answered.
To begin, Is Delany Personnel Firm the sole reason for the laid of employees to get jobs quickly? It might be the case that, these people have obtained jobs on the basis of their own intellect and talent rather than due to the assistance provided by the Delany Firm. The laid-off employees, worried about their future may have upskilled themselves in order to make themselves more employable.
Moreover, the writer is making the assumption that the market conditions have remained the same in the last eight years. For example, when XYZ was using Walsh Personnel Firm eight years ago, it may have been the case that the country was suffering from an economic recession. So, the laid-off employees required more time to get another employment opportunity. The author has to realize that the assumption that the economic conditions fluctuate every now and then and that the job market is a capricious in nature.
Furthermore, having a ‘bigger staff’ and ‘large number of offices’ does not guarantee superiority. The writer has made an assumption on the basis of these facts that Delany Firm is better than Walsh Firm. But, it might not be the case. Delany, having a ‘bigger staff’ might be catering to a lot of different companies in their post lay-off process. Thus, it might not be prudent to give the contract to Delany just on the basis of greater staff members, as the company XYZ might not receive personalized assistance from Delany Firm as they are busy with other firms. They should also realize that, ‘all that glitters is not gold’. One should consider the overall financial health of any company before giving a contract.
In conclusion, the current state of the argument is significantly flawed due to its reliance on several unjustified assumptions. If the author is able to answer the three aforementioned questions and provide concrete evidence, perhaps in the form of a comprehensive research study, then the viability of the proposal to use the services of Walsh Personnel Firm over the existing Delany Personnel Firm can be fully evaluated.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 447, Rule ID: EVERY_NOW_AND_THEN[1]
Message: Use simply 'now and then'.
Suggestion: now and then
... that the economic conditions fluctuate every now and then and that the job market is a capricious...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, hence, if, may, moreover, so, then, thus, as to, for example, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.6327345309 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.9520958084 93% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 11.1786427146 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 13.6137724551 95% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 28.8173652695 97% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 55.5748502994 92% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 16.3942115768 55% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2125.0 2260.96107784 94% => OK
No of words: 424.0 441.139720559 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01179245283 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.53775939005 4.56307096286 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73731153981 2.78398813304 98% => OK
Unique words: 208.0 204.123752495 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.490566037736 0.468620217663 105% => OK
syllable_count: 657.9 705.55239521 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 4.96107784431 141% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.76447105788 103% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 19.7664670659 101% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 22.8473053892 92% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.6562876016 57.8364921388 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.25 119.503703932 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.2 23.324526521 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.95 5.70786347227 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.25449101796 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.20758483034 97% => 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: 0.25899372842 0.218282227539 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0727904918679 0.0743258471296 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0618878890746 0.0701772020484 88% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.13789829486 0.128457276422 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0406222484314 0.0628817314937 65% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 14.3799401198 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.3550499002 104% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.197005988 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.78 12.5979740519 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.07 8.32208582834 97% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 98.500998004 92% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 12.3882235529 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.1389221557 93% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 447, Rule ID: EVERY_NOW_AND_THEN[1]
Message: Use simply 'now and then'.
Suggestion: now and then
... that the economic conditions fluctuate every now and then and that the job market is a capricious...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, hence, if, may, moreover, so, then, thus, as to, for example, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.6327345309 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.9520958084 93% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 11.1786427146 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 13.6137724551 95% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 28.8173652695 97% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 55.5748502994 92% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 16.3942115768 55% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2125.0 2260.96107784 94% => OK
No of words: 424.0 441.139720559 96% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01179245283 5.12650576532 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.53775939005 4.56307096286 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73731153981 2.78398813304 98% => OK
Unique words: 208.0 204.123752495 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.490566037736 0.468620217663 105% => OK
syllable_count: 657.9 705.55239521 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59920159681 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 4.96107784431 141% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.76447105788 103% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.67365269461 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.22255489022 71% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 19.7664670659 101% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 22.8473053892 92% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.6562876016 57.8364921388 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.25 119.503703932 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.2 23.324526521 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.95 5.70786347227 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.25449101796 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.20758483034 97% => 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: 0.25899372842 0.218282227539 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0727904918679 0.0743258471296 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0618878890746 0.0701772020484 88% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.13789829486 0.128457276422 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0406222484314 0.0628817314937 65% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 14.3799401198 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.3550499002 104% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.1628742515 43% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.197005988 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.78 12.5979740519 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.07 8.32208582834 97% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 98.500998004 92% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 12.3882235529 85% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.1389221557 93% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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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.