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According to an ABC News article written by Alan Farnham, evidence suggests that playing bracket games at work can increase your productivity. Two new surveys have also shown that employers' attitudes toward playing these games is turning more positive.
Farnham points out that One survey, found, in 2010, 22 percent of executives said they viewed March Madness activities, including watching games and betting, as having an adverse effect on employee output. Now that number has dwindled down to just 9 percent. The article also pointed out that 16 percent call the games' impact "somewhat positive" or "very positive."
According to the article, 1SaleADay, a Miami deal-a-day company that sells (among other things) watches, jewelry and electronics, permits Madness but only in moderation. Eli Federman, senior vice president, said he got fed up with what he called his employees' "frolicking outside the work context."
His solution? Replacing Facebook with an in-house program, called Yammer, which allows employees to communicate with other employees in the company. Federman's employees can talk about March Madness during the workday and he encourages them to do so.
"When they're excited, they work better," Federman said.
All in all, communal forms of slacking, such as water cooler chats, are very important for the productivity of the workplace. This includes watching and/or playing March Madness at the office.
"Very few people can sustain peak productivity throughout an eight-hour work day," said Tom Lutz, author of "Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers and Bums in America."
In other words, a little break from the typical strain of work can actually keep employees motivated and help them be more productive in the long run.
According to the article, 1SaleADay, a Miami deal-a-day company that sells (among other things) watches, jewelry and electronics, permits Madness but only in moderation. Eli Federman, senior vice president, said he got fed up with what he called his employees' "frolicking outside the work context."
His solution? Replacing Facebook with an in-house program, called Yammer, which allows employees to communicate with other employees in the company. Federman's employees can talk about March Madness during the workday and he encourages them to do so.
"When they're excited, they work better," Federman said.
All in all, communal forms of slacking, such as water cooler chats, are very important for the productivity of the workplace. This includes watching and/or playing March Madness at the office.
"Very few people can sustain peak productivity throughout an eight-hour work day," said Tom Lutz, author of "Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers and Bums in America."
In other words, a little break from the typical strain of work can actually keep employees motivated and help them be more productive in the long run.
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