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.

in sweden, parents get 480 days of parental leave at 80% pay before their child turns 8. a minimum of 60 of those days must be taken by the father.

the following companies offer unlimited vacation time - provided that you get all of your work done:

Netflix 
Gilt Groupe
Twitter
Groupon 
ZocDoc 
Zynga 
Business Insider
Evernote
Glassdoor 
SurveyMonkey
Ask.com 
Motley Fool 
Eventbrite 
VMware 
Hiring Thing
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One Kings Lane
Akamai
Braintree
Chegg
GitHub

41% of americans who have vacation time don't use all of it.

the united states is the only western industrialized country that does not require employers to give their employees any time off. austrians and portuguese workers get 35 paid days off.

a honduras factory that makes harnesses for the u.s. forces its south korean workers to wear diapers so that they don't waste time going to the bathroom.