Dead Peasants Society
Interesting article in the Houston Chronicle about companies that take out life insurance policies on low-level employees that pay the company if the employee dies. In the insurance industry, these are known as "dead peasant" policies. Nothing like providing companies with incentives to see their employees die. I always knew I was descended from peasants, and even referred to myself as such at my job (when I had a job), but I had no idea that the company saw me that way too.... Incidentally, Laura works for one of the companies listed in the article as doing this. (Link found on The Null Device.)
Posted at 12:08 AM