IT Pros Dominate March Madness
Gaming Interest
15% of surveyed U.S. workers plan to participate in an NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament office pool this year, up from 11% in 2014.
No. 1 Seed
40% of IT workers surveyed have participated in a March Madness office pool, the highest of any other professional category.
Senior Leadership
27% of top managers–such as C-level execs, VPs and directors–have taken part in a tourney office pool, compared to 19% of entry-level, administrative, professional staff and technical employees.
Money Shot
31% of employees making $75,000 or more annually have participated in a March Madness pool, compared to just 18% of those making less.
Regional Preview
26% of employees in the Midwest have taken part in these pools–tops in the country–followed by the Northeast (23%), South (18%) and West (17%).
Strange Office Pools: Religious Calling
One office’s employees bet on who’d become the next pope.
Strange Office Pools: Love Hurts
Workers from another company ran a pool to predict when a colleague’s current romantic relationship would end.
Strange Office Pools: Biology Quiz
A group of employees guessed the number of protein coding genes in the human genome.
Strange Office Pools: Foul Call
Staffers created Bingo cards made up of common complaints made by colleagues.
Strange Office Pools: Game Over
Another group of workers ran a pool to predict who’d be the next co-worker to quit.
