In the United States, employees typically work five days a week for eight hours each day. However, many employees want to work a four-day week and are willing to accept less pay inorder to do so. A mandatory policy requiring companies to offer their employees the option of working a four-day workweekfor four-fifths (80 percent)of their normal pay would benefit the economy as a whole as well as the individual companies and the employees who decided to take the option. The shortened workweek would increase company profits because employees would feel more rested and alert, and as a result, they would make fewer costly errors in their work. Hiring morestaff to ensure that the same amount of work would be accomplished would not result in additional payroll costs because four-day employees would only be paid 80 percent of the normal rate. In the end, companies would have fewer overworked and error-prone employees for the same money, which would increase company profits. For the country as a whole, one of the primary benefits of offering this option to employees is that it would reduce unemployment rates. If many full-time employees started working fewer hours, some of their workload would have to be shifted to others. Thus, for every four employees who went on an 80 percent week, a new employee could be hired at the 80 percent rate. Finally, the option of a four-day workweek would be better for individual employees. Employees who could afford a lower salary in exchange for more free time could improve the quality of their lives by spending the extra time with their families, pursuing private interests, or enjoying leisure activities.
The article states that companies should offer to their empolyes option of four-day workweek instead of the five-days and accept to pay 80 percent of their salary and provides three reasons of supporting. However, the professor explains that this changes wouldn't have lots of benefits for empoyees and companies as the author states and refutes the author's reasons.
First, the reading claims that fewer work weeks days would increase company profit since workers feel more relax and make fewer errors. The professor refutes this point by saying that this situation force companies to hire more employees. Therefore, they will pay more for their training, and insurance. Besides, hiring more employees means that companies need more work space and more computer for them, which in turn, made extra costs for the companies.
Second, the article posits that companies would have fewer overworked and error-prone for the same amount of the money payment. However, the professor says that it would be costly for the companies because they have to work overtime. employees, on the other side, would get benefit too. Because of the in the companies expectation, they may have to work the same amount of the work in shorter time, which the professor means as the no more job opportunities.
Third, the reading claims that this option would give employees extra free time, so increase their lives quality. the professor opposes this point by explaining that this change would be risky for the employees whom choise to work for four-day workweek. It decrease the job abilities, therefore, it give fewer chance for employees to advance their carrier. Also, companies may use their five-day workers in the manegemant positions.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: wouldn't
...he professor explains that this changes wouldnt have lots of benefits for empoyees and ...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...mpanies as the author states and refutes the authors reasons. First, the read...
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Line 3, column 327, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'employees'' or 'employee's'?
Suggestion: employees'; employee's
...ng, and insurance. Besides, hiring more employees means that companies need more work spa...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Employees
...ies because they have to work overtime. employees, on the other side, would get benefit t...
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'companies'' or 'company's'?
Suggestion: companies'; company's
... get benefit too. Because of the in the companies expectation, they may have to work the ...
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Suggestion: The
... time, so increase their lives quality. the professor opposes this point by explain...
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Message: Did you mean 'decreases'?
Suggestion: decreases
...hoise to work for four-day workweek. It decrease the job abilities, therefore, it give f...
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Message: Did you mean 'gives'?
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, first, however, may, second, so, therefore, third, in short
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 2.0 10.4613686534 19% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 5.04856512141 218% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 23.0 30.3222958057 76% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1451.0 1373.03311258 106% => OK
No of words: 277.0 270.72406181 102% => OK
Chars per words: 5.23826714801 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07962216107 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.44228562768 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 138.0 145.348785872 95% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.498194945848 0.540411800872 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 424.8 419.366225166 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.0657138881 49.2860985944 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.642857143 110.228320801 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.7857142857 21.698381199 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.28571428571 7.06452816374 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 4.19205298013 191% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.289346980421 0.272083759551 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.104805247685 0.0996497079465 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0651567727215 0.0662205650399 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.185055915915 0.162205337803 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0529048320453 0.0443174109184 119% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.3589403974 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 53.8541721854 113% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.11 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.28 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 63.6247240618 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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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.