in the united states, 73% of all nonfatal workplace injuries due to violence happen to healthcare workers.

americans work 137 more hours per year more than japanese workers, 260 more than workers in the UK, and 500 more than workers in france.

hunter-gatherer cavemen had more free time than you do.

we spend about 28% of each work day checking and responding to email. to curb this, commit to only checking your email at set times each day.

80% of teens between high school and college age have a job.

james lipton, host of 'the actor's studio', worked in paris as a pimp for a year.

the average mexican employee works more than 10 hours per day.

76% of sweden's mothers work outside the home - the highest percentage in the world - compared to 61% in the u.s.

according to pew research, 85% of mothers who work outside the home say that they are 'very happy' or 'pretty happy'.

52% of americans currently do the minimum amount of work required to avoid being fired.

in a recent gallup poll, 35% of americans would give up a substantial pay raise in favor of having their boss fired.

average number of times per hour we check email at work: 30

according to pew research, 2 out of 5 americans adults with cell phones sleep near them so they don't miss a text or an email - messages primarily from work.

according to a gallup poll, 71% of americans either hate or are indifferent about their jobs.

a chinese construction company called broad group built a 30-story hotel in hunan province in just 15 days, working around the clock. it can withstand earthquakes up to magnitude 9, is energy efficient, and has a cutting-edge air filtration system.

and that, folks, is what we're up against.

until the late 1960's, women dominated the computer programming field (which may explain why we have had so many issues in the decades since).