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zhangwanyingUID: 2775533

周日 12月12日
argument 178

The following appeared in the annual report from the president of the National Brush Company.

"In order to save money, we at the National Brush Company have decided to pay our employees for each brush they produce instead of for the time they spend producing brushes. We believe that this policy will lead to the production of more and better brushes, will allow us to reduce our staff size, and will enable the company factories to operate for fewer hours—resulting in savings on electricity and security costs. These changes will ensure that the best workers keep their jobs and that the company will earn a profit in the coming year."

zhangwanyingUID: 2775533

The following appeared in the annual report from the president of the National Brush Company.

"In order to save money, we at the National Brush Company have decided to pay our employees for each brush they produce instead of for the time they spend producing brushes. We believe that this policy will lead to the production of more and better brushes, will allow us to reduce our staff size, and will enable the company factories to operate for fewer hours—resulting in savings on electricity and security costs. These changes will ensure that the best workers keep their jobs and that the company will earn a profit in the coming year."

(1) 按照刷子数量给报酬可能会照成工人为了利益而加紧生产，会造成工人花在每个刷子上的生产时间减少，从而可能导致生产质量下降.
（2）作者建议用这种方法来提高效率，选出其中效率高的员工，解雇效率相对低的员工，以减小staff size。但是这会造成不良的后果。第一，因为很可能更多的工作量集中在更少的人身上。这样可能造成员工压力过大，cause work fatigue，反过来影响工作效率和工作质量working quality；第二，这样偏重数量的政策可能会使得员工投机取巧opportunism，导致注重数量，而故意忽略质量。
（3）尽管可能减少用电费用和安全费用，但是在生产的数量，数量和员工的工作状态无法保证的情况下，公司不一定能够获得更多的利润。

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The president's claim that the policy of paying employees for each brush they produce will lead to the production of more and better brushes is unwarranted, since they can be only aiming at the quantity of the brush they produce, not the quality.

The author fails to give support for ensuring a profit next year, if the company reduces its staff size and operating hours.

The author fails to consider negative effects that too much emphasis could be put to encourage competition, so the pressure for workers might be too high for the company to keep them working, which contradicts with keeping jobs for best workers.

The policy is not sufficient to ensure the company to earn a profit in the coming year, if the author doesn't consider other factors that would contribute to the company's profitability.