Leveraging World Cup Vogue to Boost Employee Efficiency at Work Place

This year was rife with sporting events such as the ICC T20 World Cup and Qatar FIFA 2023 World cup and we have The ICC ODI World cup coming up next year, It is good that these sports have high viewership as sponsors get what they want and the fans get to have a good time, but this has an unexpected weird result, low attendance at the workplace. It is a common occurrence at the workplace to have low occupancy on the days of important games, It is rumoured that whenever Sachin Tendulkar was on crease the productivity of the country would drop by a questionable percentage. ICC World Cup finals would have a viewership of anywhere from 700 million to 1 billion viewers. FIFA finals have viewerships which keep on breaking records in every successive instalment. How can organizations retain productivity? It won’t shed a good light on the organization if they tell their employees to work as if it’s another Tuesday and to miss a once-in-four-year event. Let’s see what can be done to alleviate this predicament. There is a plethora of solutions in which both the employer and employee can reach the middle ground and retain the sporting spirit.

A Sportive Environment

The working office is a plain space, The same arrangement is seen throughout the year, during these times, a change is welcomed. Employees can be allowed to dress up in jerseys of their favourite teams, this might seem silly, but it showcases the spirit. Allow them to decorate their workspace with their favourite merchandise. It’s these small actions that show the employers care about their employees and creates a social environment where everyone can mingle.

Let Everyone View the Games

Most offices are equipped with a large monitor for presentation purposes in the conference room, this can be temporarily repurposed to screen major games. Though there is no legal obligation to accommodate employees during sportive seasons, it will be an excellent gesture by the employer. But doing this to all the games is not feasible as these sporting events last an entire month and this might cause some issues to the organization’s workflow.

Accustom To the Overdue Schedule

It is common to see latecomers in these kinds of seasons, so making the work hours flexible and allowing them to opt for varying working hours will go a long way as long as the total output isn’t compromised. Create policies which will encourage employees to ask for leave beforehand, and turn unplanned absences into planned absences, this will allow managers to create schedules which can work for accounted absences.

If You Can’t Change It, Get Along With It

It is inevitable that there will be a buzz in the office during sporting seasons. The organization instead of getting into conflict over this and causing disdain can get into the spirit, and work around their schedule for their employee's leisure, They shouldn’t have any meetings in the morning right after a major game or the night when going to be a major game. Some leeway has to be extended during this time.

These 4 remedies can be implemented to a certain degree and retain efficiency, though there will be few non-sports fans in the workplace, they may tend to slack off, so this has to be rectified.

Overall, the workplace has to be a “good sport” and play along. “All work and no play make jack a dull boy” is a saying everyone might have heard a lot in their school days. Employees don’t have to work all the time to maintain 100% output, in fact, a lot of studies have yielded results where hardcore work environments with no leisure results in a drop in productivity and also lead to a low retention rate. The presupposition of a corporal work environment for maximum productivity has to be dropped and the mental well-being and contentment of their employees have to be considered. These sporting events can be leveraged by companies to show how they are a part of something big and are willing to bend the work culture to accommodate everyone’s interests from time to time and cement themselves as a healthy workplace thereby attracting talented individuals to nourish their organization, It’s a win-win situation. Chances rarely come by for workplaces to show their non-professional side, so when one walks up the door, they have to take the opportunity to welcome it.