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by atulmangal » Fri May 27, 2011 8:10 am
Allowing employees to work remotely is widely accepted as environmentally friendly and cost-saving as compared to requiring employees to work on site during normal business hours. Moreover, the current work-from-home initiative already in effect at Company X demonstrates that employees are equally productive whether working on-site or remotely. The CEO at Company X therefore recommends that the company expand the current initiative to reach a target of 40 percent of all employees working remotely within 2 years.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the reasoning behind expanding the current initiative at Company X?


(A) Participation in the current initiative has been completely voluntary, and employee participation has ranged from 10 percent in some divisions of the company to 50 percent in others.

(B) Eligibility for the current initiative has been restricted to the 20 percent of employees whose jobs do not require participation in regular on-site planning sessions.

(C) Employees who currently work remotely have had a significant amount of difficulty using the company's electronic network primarily because not enough employees work remotely to justify upgrading the system.

(D) Some of the employees who are able to work remotely are the very employees who, if working on site, would require costly accommodations.

(E) Many employees who choose to work remotely also support other environmentally-friendly initiatives.
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by cans » Fri May 27, 2011 8:14 am
IMO D
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by itsmebharat » Fri May 27, 2011 8:38 am
IMO C
I am not an Expert, please feel free to suggest if there is an error.
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by sourabh33 » Fri May 27, 2011 9:53 am
IMO B
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by sivaelectric » Fri May 27, 2011 10:49 am
My Choice C
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by abhishek.pati » Sat May 28, 2011 2:38 am
IMO C
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by atulmangal » Sat May 28, 2011 3:14 am
OA is B guys...
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by akshatmikku » Sat May 28, 2011 7:57 am
nice question :)
so here is my reasoning for this -
question stem analysis : employees working remotely -cost effective, environ friendly ; equally productive compared to employees on site ; CEO suggests -hey lets get 40 % of our total employees involved in this initiative within two years...
so you have to find a flaw what this plan is not going to work
a) has got nothing to do with the CEO's plan
b) if current initiative is restricted to a subset of people who do not require to be onsite in the first place so that would mean that the initiative is giving way too optimistic results and hence gives a reason not to take this initiative further .
c) has nothing to do with the CEO's plans
d) irrelevant
e) irrelevant
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by cans » Sun May 29, 2011 10:58 pm
@atulmangal: Can you explain how it is B?
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by champmag » Mon May 30, 2011 2:00 am
Good question. Was confused between B and D.

But B is better contender.
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by saketk » Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:31 pm
akshatmikku wrote:nice question :)
so here is my reasoning for this -
question stem analysis : employees working remotely -cost effective, environ friendly ; equally productive compared to employees on site ; CEO suggests -hey lets get 40 % of our total employees involved in this initiative within two years...
so you have to find a flaw what this plan is not going to work
a) has got nothing to do with the CEO's plan
b) if current initiative is restricted to a subset of people who do not require to be onsite in the first place so that would mean that the initiative is giving way too optimistic results and hence gives a reason not to take this initiative further .
c) has nothing to do with the CEO's plans
d) irrelevant
e) irrelevant
I will not say D is irrelevant. D has a meaning but the word 'Some' is what makes this option a weak contender. What if only 2 out 10 employee require costly accommodations? Cumulatively you may still be saving more with the other 8.
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