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WTF, Suzhou 14th worst place in the world to work? Sissies!

A recent article in BusinessWeek featured a slideshow displaying 20 of the World’s Worst Places to Work. Unsurprisingly some Chinese cities made the list - surprisingly Suzhou was among them. The list, compiled by New York-based human resources... ...full story at Humanaught

from Humanaught on Fri, Mar 20 2009

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