Challenger 2017 March Madness Report Published March 1, 2017 While President Trump has stated he will not fill out a bracket for this year’s NCAA tournament beginning March 14th, millions of workers across the country will likely spend company time researching teams and making their picks. This...
Published on: Jan 31, 2017 Most of the 110 million Americans expected to watch this Sunday’s Super Bowl match-up between the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots will do so out of pure enjoyment of the game…and to catch the latest crop of Super Bowl ads,...
COULD SUPER BOWL MONDAY HOLIDAY SAVE OVER A BILLION ON LOST PRODUCTIVITY? Published January 30, 2017 Kraft Heinz’s announcement that all corporate, non-factory workers would get the Monday after Super Bowl off from work and subsequent campaign to make that day a national holiday may be more...
Published on: January 19, 2017 With days to go before President-Elect Trump's inauguration, Colleen Madden Blumenfeld sits down with Challenger Director of Learning Judith Devries to talk bullies and what do to about them. They discuss the difference between harassment and bullying, characteristics and types of bullies,...
Does Fantasy Football Sack Productivity? 2014 Fantasy Football Report PUBLISHED ON: AUG 30, 2016 Analyzing the latest metrics, pouring over spreadsheets and personnel files, assessing the potential of team members. Another day at the office? Perhaps. But around this time of year, it’s just as likely to be your...
NEW SURVEY FINDS 94 PERCENT TALK POLITICS, ALL KEEP IT CIVIL Published April 5, 2016 With the presidential election still months away, the current political landscape has no doubt given cause for workers across the country to discuss and debate the presidential candidates’ positions or antics. In fact,...
2016 Challenger March Madness Report PUBLISHED March 8, 2016 TOURNAMENT COULD COST EMPLOYERS BILLIONS March Madness is just around the corner and employers across the nation are bracing for the inevitable drain on workplace productivity. While millions of preoccupied workers could cost their employers nearly $4 billion in the...
Challenger estimates that today's online deals could cost employers $449.8 million in lost productivity! A report from the National Retail Federation cited 121 million total online shoppers, which we multiplied by 59%, the employment to population ratio. (http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/11/30/cyber-monday-tops-off-supe...
This week, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer announced she was pregnant with twins and expected to work throughout her pregnancy, only taking a short break after the birth, as she did with her first child in 2012. Critics suggested her evasion of the extended leave time...
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