Greatest country in the world (to work in until we drop dead)
I believe that’s “paid annual leave as required by law”, by the way. More infuriating charts where this came from here.
Adding insult to injury — try being a US-based employee of a company headquartered in a dark blue country. The majority of my co-workers are about to go on leave for the next 4-6 weeks (simultaneously — but that’s another story). And yet HR can be proud that each person gets all the benefits afforded by local legislation…
Mike Rowe, of Dirty Jobs fame, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and gave this gem of a speech:
“Chairman Rockefeller, Ranking Member Hutchison and members of this committee, my name is Mike Rowe, and I want to thank you all…
Oh god, all of this.
Here’s the video — well worth your time.
(via theoreticalgirl)
