Figuratively speaking.

• Author: MacIntyre, John
• Position: News - Brief Article

Percentage of business travellers who say business travel is as, or more, stressful than going to the dentist, according to a survey for Microsoft: 72

Percentage who say business travel is as, or more, stressful than giving a presentation: 66

Percentage who say the stress of business travel has a direct impact on their family: 37

Percentage who say there is simply no replacement for face-to-face meetings: 79

Number of months senior executives say it can take to integrate oneself into a new company and job, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management: 18

Number of times the value of an executive's salary a company can lose as a result of failed integration: 10-20

Average "grade" that workers gave to their work spaces, according to a survey for Logitech Inc.: C+

Percentage who say they are more productive when their work space is clean: 60

Percentage who wouldn't want their mother to see where they work: 9

Percentage who said their desk was a safety hazard: 7

Number of barrels (42 gallons) of oil used by Americans every day, according to the Energy Information Administration: 20 million

Number of those that are for gasoline: 8.9...