Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Oh, the irony.
From several months back:Look for March Madness to slow U.S. productivity as the NCAA tournament fuels sports talk around office water coolers and lingering about company lounge TV sets. Workplace authority John Challenger puts the productivity price tag at $1.5 billion as workers spend 10 minutes a day for the 15-day tournament discussing the games. But some bosses use March Madness as a morale booster. Thirty percent of employers admit to allowing an office pool on tournament play, according to figures compiled by the Society for Human Resource Management.
