I want to share a great e-mail that Leesa form Podonomics.com forwarded our way. It's a sweet little ditty. A song to sing when you're sitting at your desk and you feel like you just can't take it anymore! Whether you love it or hate it - I swear it'll get stuck in your head! … [Read more...] about A Song for Embattled Workers
Archives for February 2007
Super Friends Take on Office Space
Maybe I've been under a rock for the past year, but I just caught this video for the first time and loved it. Enjoy video from Super Friends with audio from Office Space. And if you've already seen it, move along... … [Read more...] about Super Friends Take on Office Space
Super Bowl Math: Advertisers Dis Employees
We pick a box for the office pool. We eat greasy chicken wings. We watch the advertising orgy. And somewhere in the middle of the game (yes, there IS a game!) everyone sits back and small-talks about how much the silly ads cost.There are between 50 and 60 ads sold at approximately 2.25 million each (after discounts). A conservative estimate puts the amount of money spent on advertising by companies at 125,000,000. That's not even including the money and manpower it takes to make the commercials.Let's look at some random numbers of how this 125 million dollars could be spent:- Would roughly equal 42 cents per American.- $3 for every American without health insurance.- Diamond Emerald Nuts, one of this year's smallest advertisers, would be able to give their 670 employees a $4,000 bonus.- Taco Bell could actually pay farm workers a decent enough wage to clean green onions and spinach.- Could buy 6.25 million red Swingline staplers. If put side by side, … [Read more...] about Super Bowl Math: Advertisers Dis Employees