The following appeared as a letter to the editor of a national newspaper."Your recent article on corporate downsizing* in Elthyria maintains that the majority of competent workers who have lost jobs as a result of downsizing face serious economic hardship

The author of the letter to the editor of a national newspaper asserts that situation when people who were fired as a result of corporate downsizing struggle to find other suitable employment is tackled due to the fact that in Elthyrian has created more job than have been reduced. The author of the argument gives us some evidences which should be studied closer in order to evaluate the soundness of the argument.

First of all, we were told that the Elthyrian economy is thriving and more jobs has created then eliminated. Moreover, these positions are opened in industries that tend to pay above average. Although the author surmises that consequently, the hardship of victims of corporate downsizing should be automatically solved, in reality the problems of the fired workers may remain unsolved due to the possibility that crated jobs may not match with professions of fired people. For instance, the country may open several plants and mills which produce cars and other machinery. The opended positions, in this case, is connected with engineering. Do the employees who were fired have the needed qualification. They may be lawyers, bookkeepers, managers, office workers who have no qualification to occupy new positions in manufacturing. Therefore, we cannot take for granted that creation of new jobs will unevitably lead to the solving of the problem.

Furthermore, even if the new jobs match with education and qualification of workers who were sacked, the possibility exists that they were not accept new positions. We were given information that new jobs are paid above average but how much these workers want to make? What positions did these emplyees have in the corporations? In case, the salary was higher and position was better, the workers may keep serching for new job which will suit their expectations. For instance, if a vice president was fired, he or she will not accept a new positon as a mere manager. One perhaps tries to find work where he will have similar position, rights, duties and conditons of labor as he used to have.

In conclusion, despite the information given by the author to support his or her argument, it is not enough to create a sound statement. The creation of new jobs and low level of unemployment do not guarantee that hardship of people who underwent downsizing is solved.