With an estimated 22.3 million employees spending at least an hour a week on fantasy football, the hobby has long been blamed for slowed productivity in the American workplace. Chicago outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas predicts that fantasy football costs businesses $430.9 million per week in lost productivity.
However, CEO John Challenger stated that in all likelihood, “Employers will not see any impact on their bottom line and, for the most part, business will proceed as usual.”
More importantly, human resources site HR Benefits Alerts asserts that fantasy football in the workplace has a variety of corporate benefits, including improved company morale, increased departmental communication, and improved customer relations.
Employees will continue playing in secret, regardless of office rules, forcing a loss in productivity. With the potential to make way for other benefits, open support of the game could potentially be the better option.
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