Picked up this great article from Jed regarding how Americans Work Too Much for Their Own Good. The basic gist is fairly obvious; an overworked employee is not the best / most productive employee and Americans are among the most overworked. It even goes so far as to state that a two week vacation is near impossible for most working people. While I count myself among the intentionally overworked I have to agree that it'd be nice if more vacation time were forced upon people.