![]() ![]() Bosses shouldn’t try to stifle these discussions in the least. “The cultural phenomenon that is Game of Thrones is another opportunity for employers to build camaraderie in the office. Multiply that over the six episodes of the final season and the cost to employers comes to $3.31 billion in lost productivity. With 19.9 million workers multiplied by $27.77, $552 million per hour is wasted on discussing the most recent episode. Meanwhile, the average hourly wage for non-farm payrolls is $27.77 as of April 2019, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). With the record 17.4 billion viewers who tuned in for the Season 8 premier, those numbers are likely to be comparable this season.Īpplying the current employment-to-population ratio of 60.6% to those average weekly viewers, that is 19,876,800 employed viewers. All this banter is bound to cause lapses in productivity, possibly to the tune of over $3 billion, according to an estimate from global outplacement and business and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.Įach episode of the previous season, Season 7, averaged 32.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen tracking. Co-workers are not only discussing plot points and battle scenes, but also engaging in office pools on which major characters will survive each episode of the final season. The HBO hit series Game of Thrones is the talk of virtually every workplace. **Note: It’s not even close to the largest productivity-sapper.**
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