Workplace Productivity

For many people worldwide , 2010 is the year that they have been waiting for. This year , the 19th World Cup , a prestigious mens football tournament held every 4 years would be hosted by an african country , South Africa for the very first time in World Cup's history .

Most people have a country in their minds that they think will be favourites to lift the trophy that many footballers would die for . Will Spain continue their dominant streak in international football after winning the European Championships in 2008 ? Will the samba boys, Brazil dance away with the cup for the 6th time?

Due to different time zones , people around the world are watching the matches simultaneously at different time of the day depending on your country . In Singapore , matches does not start until 10pm and the second match starts only at 2.30am . The timings of the match makes it difficult to decide whether to watch it as many have to wake up early either to work or go to school . Even if they manage to wake up , they would find it very hard to concentrate on work as they have not had enough sleep to replenish their energy . For people on the other side of the globe , the telecasts may be in the afternoon where they are in the office working thus they have to decide between watching the match or to be absent for work .

This will affect the company's productivity as work has been assigned and if the person is absent , it may be complicated if another colleague takes over because of different working styles . When this problem arises , the worker has to prioritize whether watching the match is more important or work . The boss would not be happy if the worker is often absent from work because of the world cup . Some bosses may share the joy of watching it together in the office but some are not that kind . they may feel that they are paying your wages for you to make profit for the company but there you are slowing down its operations because of the world cup.