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A large manufacturing firm, on average, offers a higher compensation to skilled employees than to unskilled ones. This year, the management has decided to hire a higher number of skilled employees than they hired the previous year. This indicates that the average compensation of all the employees in the firm will increase this year.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
A. Skilled employees who received their training from abroad earn more than those who received such training domestically.
B. The higher average salary for skilled employees is not because of their scarcity in that firm.
C. The percentage of skilled employees is higher now than it had been the previous year in that firm.
D. The average salary of unskilled employees will not increase this year.
E. Employees who have advanced skillsets earn higher salaries than employees who don’t
Hello guys!
The question above expects us to know the reason behind the surge in the compensation of employees that takes place.
Using Process of Elimination (POE),
Eliminate
Option A, we are not concerned about the employees who received training from abroad, and we are not comparing them with the domestic ones.
Eliminate
Option B, the scarcity of employees is not a question because the company has hired skilled employees who will get a better share this year.
Option C seems close. Let's hold it for a while.
Option D. This one also isn't that bad. Let's come back here.
Eliminate
Option E, we are not specifically discussing the skill sets of employees here. IMO, it does not sync with our pre thinking.
Option C vs Option D,
Option D talks about the average salary of unskilled workers, which will not increase this year. Negating it, average salary of skilled workers will increase this year. This option isn't completely up to the mark because it fails to talk about why the average compensation will increase this year.
D was very close.Option C mentions that the number of skilled workers is greater than the previous year, this helps us in concluding that the average compensation of workers is
going to increase as the company has hired maximum number of skilled employees than the previous year.
IMO,
Answer:- Option C
PS- Do aid me with your explanation if this answer is not apt.
Thank you!
Regards,
Raunak Damle