27 Jan After Immigration Enforcement Shootings, Employers Face a Wary and Weary Workforce
Recent shooting incidents in Minneapolis is impacting workplaces nationwide. How can leaders rise to the occassion? ...
14 Mar The 2023 Tournament Will Cost Employers $17.3B, $1B More Than Last Year
Published March 14, 2023 With news of layoffs soaring, American workers may feel disengaged and worried about their jobs. The upcoming March Madness tournament is the perfect way to reenergize workers and build morale among teams. However, employment and wages have risen over the last...
10 Sep Can Workplace Surveillance Stymie Quiet Quitting?
Some workers find the current technology intrusive and dystopian, but what if the data collected empowered both employees and their bosses? Published September 7, 2022 Worker demand for fully-remote or hybrid work arrangements is shining a spotlight on workplace surveillance technology, while employers grapple with engagement...
14 Apr March 2022 Survey: Over a Third of Companies See a Drop in Productivity Due to Disengagement; Employee Mental Health a Concern
Spring 2022 Challenger Survey Results Over a Third of Companies See a Drop in Productivity Due to Disengagement; Employee Mental Health a Concern Published April 14, 2022 Over three-quarters of employers report they are struggling to engage their employees, and 34% are seeing an actual cost to business...
16 Mar Mandate March Madness? Engaging Workers With March Madness Worth The $16.3 Billion Price Tag in 2022
2022 Tournament Could Cost $16.3B Published March 16, 2022 Engaging Workers With March Madness Worth The $16.3 Billion Price Tag With employment and wages rebounding and companies’ ongoing difficulty hiring and retaining workers, March Madness could be the perfect tool to engage and motivate workers, despite the ballooning...
23 Feb Are Remote Workers Getting Ghosted?
A WFH Dilemma WHAT TO DO WHEN REMOTE WORKERS GET GHOSTED? Published February 23, 2022 With many employees still working remotely, even temporarily, a new issue has emerged for companies: internal ghosting. While some companies are overscheduling meetings, leading to increased Zoom fatigue, for some remote teams the...
08 Feb Employers Should Expect Productivity Loss Monday After 2022 Super Bowl
SUPER BOWL VALENTINE’S DAY COULD COST $6.5 BILLION Published February 8, 2022 Data Shows Viewership is Up The NFC championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers pulled in the highest viewership since 2014, according Fox ratings, while CBS reported the highest viewership for...
25 Jun USA Today: Businesses tell their workforce to return to offices by Labor Day – or even sooner
Productivity went up in 2020 By Craig Harris USA TODAY Full Article Here Many company executives, in a shift from early this spring, say they want their employees — largely sent home to work during the pandemic — to return to their offices by Labor Day or sooner. Andy Challenger, senior...
17 Mar 72 Million Workers Watching, Discussing 2021 Tournament Could Cost Employers $2.2B Per Hour
2021 Challenger March Madness Report Published March 17, 2021 As millions of the nation’s workers battle very real burnout after a tumultuous and uncertain year, the first round of this year’s March Madness tournament starts tomorrow. Fewer Americans are working than during the last tournament in 2019,...
17 Feb 2021 Flu Report: Should Employers Embrace Post-Pandemic Mask-Wearing?
FLU SEASON COSTS EMPLOYERS AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY $15B ANNUALLY Daily new cases of COVID-19 have fallen below 100,000 for the first time in months in part due to the implementation of federal guidelines mandating mask-wearing in government buildings and on public transportation. Meanwhile, new data...