Hello Sir and/or Madam,
March is here and if have a pulse you know this month brings the biggest tournament in College Basketball. Basketball fans from around the globe live for these three weeks! This is a tournament of unlikely upsets. Let's be honest, we all had to lookup the location of UMBC as they upset UVA on Friday! How do these upsets and the overall hometown pride of this tournament affect the office? With an estimated 70 million brackets that have been filled out and now over 99% of these brackets broken, there is sure to be on-the-clock game following and chatter. How much though and does it have a negative impact?
With all the amazing data we can compile these days, it was found that last year during the tournament, $6.3 billion was lost in productivity! That may seem like a lot, but we don’t recommend attempting to block the games or brackets from the office. It is found (again, data is so cool) that employee morale and office happiness spikes greatly when the office embraces the fun and competitive nature of the tournament. So, go ahead and March in to the Madness like a Lion and cross your fingers that you don’t walk out Like a Lamb with a broken bracket!
In the meantime, take a little extra time out of your workday and educate yourself with these highly intelligent blogs!