GMAT考试写作指导：Issue写作范文二七

　　27. I agree that job satisfaction is an important factor in determining whether a

　　company will be successful in the long term. However, other factors typically play just

　　as vital a role in the ultimate success or failure of a business. At the same time, job

　　security is becoming decidedly unimportant for many employees and, in any event,

　　often leads to substandard job performance.

　　I agree that business success is more likely when employees feel satisfied with

　　their lobs. Employees who dislike the workplace or their jobs are not likely to reach

　　their potential performance levels; they may tend to arrive late for work, perform their

　　tasks in an unimaginative and sluggish manner, or take excessive sick leaves.

　　Nevertheless, a firms long-term success may equally result from other factors such as

　　finding a market niche for products, securing a reputation for quality products and

　　services, or forming a synergistic alliance with a competitor. This list hardly exhausts all

　　the factors that can contribute to a firms ultimate success, and no one of them―

　　including job satisfaction―is pivotal in every case.

　　While job satisfaction clearly boosts employee morale and contributes to the

　　overall success of a company, the same cannot be said for job security. Admittedly an

　　employee worried about how secure his or her job is might be less creative or

　　productive as a result. By the same token, however, too much confidence in the security

　　of ones job can foster complacency, which, in turn, may diminish employees creativity

　　and productivity. Moreover, many employees actually place job security relatively low

　　on the list of what they want in a job. In fact, more and more workers today are

　　positively uninterested in long-term job security; instead, they are joining firms for the

　　sole purpose of accomplishing near-term professional goals, then leaving to face the

　　next challenge.

　　To sum up, the claim at issue overrates the importance of job satisfaction and

　　security by identifying them as the key factors in a companys long-term success. Job

　　satisfaction among employees is very important, but it is not clearly more important

　　than many other factors. At the same time, job security is clearly less important, and

　　even unimportant in some cases.