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Argument 3

This seemingly sound argument recommends that the large corporate firms in M should offer the graduates more benefit and reduce the hours they must work. However, after scrutinizing the evidence and the reasoning, the conclusion that most graduates choose to work in smaller firms because they can experience greater job satisfaction there should be evaluated closely.

First of all, when it is true that many graduates are pleased to work for smaller company even the larger firms usually offer higher salaries, the author can not convince us that the reason for the students choosing the smaller company is that they want more job satisfaction. the author fails to establish a cause and effect relationship between the students’ choosing and job satisfaction. there may be other factors that lead to the result. For example, if the law companies in M are experiencing a depression and the large companies no longer provide as many jobs as they did before for the interns, so many students fail to get the opportunity to enter lager companies. It is also possible that big companies just want the graduates that are top students. Most of the graduates do not reach the requirement, and they have to choose the smaller companies which have a lower threshold. Therefore, before ruling out other possibilities, the assertion has to be reconsidered.

Furthermore, another problem worth mentioning is the survey quoted in the argument. In the survey, only the first year students at a law school express their idea. Obviously, the result lacks credibility, for the sample is not representative enough. Perhaps what the first year students want is not what the graduates appreciate and the students in a leading law school also can not represent students from other law schools. Maybe measures such as enlarging the sample and questioning the graduates should be taken to the survey valid.

In addition, even if the students who choosing to work in smaller firm want to enjoy job satisfaction, we can not conclude that large companies should increase the salary and reduce the working hours to offer the graduate more job satisfaction. Job satisfaction does not mean higher wage or less working hour only, it also includes more challenging task, more teamwork and more respect for what they have done. Perhaps those are what the graduates want most. After all, it is unreasonable to assume that job satisfaction just means higher salary and less working hour.

After analyzing the evidence as well as the reasoning, it is clear that we can not safely the conclusion that graduates don’t work for the larger companies just because they can’t offer them enough job satisfaction and providing more benefit and reducing the working hours could solve the problem. The author needs more evidence and a detailed survey to substantiate his claim.[fly]This is sample text[/fly][fly]This is sample text[/fly]