socialmedian: March Madness costs companies mad money

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March Madness costs companies mad money

Source: basketball - fresh news by plazoo.com

Mar 11, 2008

Summary

College basketball's “March Madness” might cost employers as much as $1.7 billion in productivity, according to an annual survey by Chicago-based placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.

Comments (3)

Gknutson,

Mar 11, 2008

this story may carry some weight, the tourney may be negative to the bottom line, but positive to employee health. All i know is, I'll be watching games all day next thursday and friday...from the comfort of my own office desk.

Smileyyy123,

Mar 11, 2008

My office blocks ALL streaming video, no matter what site it's coming from, so I'm out of luck. I'm loving that Oregon clinic encouraging vasectomy-induced sick days - talk about market demographics.