March Madness Ignites Office Pool Fever
29% of IT employees say they’ve participated in March Madness bracket challenges at work in the past, compared to 19% of professionals overall.
26% of male workers say they’ve participated in March Madness challenges, double the 13% of women employees who have.
An office started a pool based upon which employee would be fired next.
Workers bet on how long their boss’ marriage would last.
A department based a pool upon how often the boss would call a female direct report a “girl” in one day.
Workers bet on when a colleague would change his shirt (which he wore for 11 straight days).
Employees wagered on who could raise the best-looking Chia figurine.
A department based a pool upon how many times a manager coughed during a meeting (because he usually coughed when he lied).