Protect non-cricket crazy colleagues
HR teams is simple: use the once-every-four-years tournament to boost employee engagement and foster camaraderie, a positive work culture, yada yada....
Swell idea in cricket-crazy India, sure. Nothing like dangling cricket-flavoured cheese to get mousey folks to come out of their dressing rooms and make office fields of action again.
Since most matches start at 2 pm, this game plan can also ensure that cricket-mad employees don't suddenly report 'sick' or get 'caught' in gridlock traffic on key match days. But one thing HR teams may have overlooked here is: what about non-cricket-loving colleagues? Think about this silent minority trying to meet a stiff deadline and colleagues going bazinga when Cheteshwar Pujara hits the ball out of the park? Or a Mohammad Shami yorker yorks a stump out of the ground? So, what happens when this happy lynch mob finds a non-celebrator quietly busy at — gasp! — work?
