The Monday after the Sunday Night Super Bowl is considered a Holiday by most. After their big party the night before consisting of football, food, alcohol and various other things; nearly 17% or 2 out of every 10 call in "sick" or have planned ahead and used Monday as a vacation day. That's an estimated 6 million people not working the following Monday after the Super Bowl. Also 22% of the employees that do attend work note that it is a less productive day then most due to people talking about the game, thinking about the previous night/game, and or being hungover. With all this discussion and slower work environment you would think companies are losing money right? For every employee, companies will lose $3.16 for every 10 minutes spent on discussions about it and people spacing off thinking about it. So with all these people skipping out on work and others not focusing while at work it means big losses for both the companies and the employees. And we all know that with the loss of money, means less spending which in the big picture affects and hurts the economy in one way or another.
Works Cited
Schepp, David. "After Super Bowl Sunday, Lost-Productivity Monday?" AOL Jobs. AOL, 06 Feb. 2012. Web. 09 May 2012. <http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/02/06/game-day-hangover-how-the-super-bowl-saps-worker-productivity/>.
"Should Monday After The Super Bowl Be A National Holiday?" Glassdoor. Glassdoor Team, 3 Feb. 2012. Web. 9 May 2012. <http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/monday-super-bowl-national-holiday/>.
Holiday Super Bowl Calendar. 2004. Photograph.
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