March Madness in the workplace

Written by Daniel Cooper on 19th March 2011.

Yes, it’s that time of year again when March Madness takes over many workplaces for the next three weeks. Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas, Inc. estimates that employees will spend 8.4 million hours watching games from the office.

But let’s not even consider the lost productivity issue. Let’s just compare it to the amount of time employees spend on other matters…such as their 401(k) plan.