Saturday, 14 November

[1] only serves to strengthen the senior employees’ allegations. Similarly, [3] and [4] reinforce the view that senior employees are not being respected. [5] is irrelevant to the situation as industry-wide attrition rate has no bearing on the situation at hand. [2], on the other hand, weakens the senior employees’ allegations that they were not treated with respect. If the company offers challenging but critical positions to senior employees, it can only be out of a sense of respect for the senior employees’ capabilities. Moreover, by offering such positions, there is no threat to their jobs as well. Thus, [2] indicates that the accusation of the senior employees is incorrect.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.