Thursday marks one of the best times of the year for basketball fans and one of the worst for their bosses.For proof, consider this. More than forty percent of the workforce watches college basketball for at least 13 minutes a day. That adds up to almost $240 million in worker productivity losses per day. "It's hard to swallow," said Victor Gillett, Vice President of Sales with John Hancock Investments. "It's like taking a couple of sick days, and the amount of productivity that gets lost is traumatic, in hard dollars."That's why Gillett and a growing number of Austin bosses have decided that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em at lunch."I think it's a win-win becuase people are happier because they get to watch the game, and I think happier people are more productive," said John McClusky, a financial advisor. "We can still talk business, and who says you can't do that over lunch or catching a game. People do it on the golf course."Gillett said it's the second year that his staff from John Hancock Investments has been taking this approach.
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