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Most bosses take a dim view of their employees using the internet at work, but recent studies have suggested that this can be useful for stress relief and create a better atmosphere in the office.
This got me thinking (and there is a point, and, yes, I'm getting to it!) If this is so good for people, why don't businesses invest in a couple of consoles and TVs to put in a coffee room or recreational area, just to improve the moral of the staff. There would be nothing I would like better than to take to the streets in a crazy taxi after a couple of hours crunching numbers, or relive my stress by racing around in a sports car after talking to some particularly nasty individual. The ultimate game, of course, would be an after hours Quake III or Unreal Tournement deathmatch on the work's PC network system, it would certainly be the most work some staff members would do on their computers!
Mind you, there are downsides. If the boss chose the wrong sort of game, like Shenmue for instance, they would see a sharp drop in staff members in their office, as they would all be sneaking off to complete the game every few minutes!
This got me thinking (and there is a point, and, yes, I'm getting to it!) If this is so good for people, why don't businesses invest in a couple of consoles and TVs to put in a coffee room or recreational area, just to improve the moral of the staff. There would be nothing I would like better than to take to the streets in a crazy taxi after a couple of hours crunching numbers, or relive my stress by racing around in a sports car after talking to some particularly nasty individual. The ultimate game, of course, would be an after hours Quake III or Unreal Tournement deathmatch on the work's PC network system, it would certainly be the most work some staff members would do on their computers!
Mind you, there are downsides. If the boss chose the wrong sort of game, like Shenmue for instance, they would see a sharp drop in staff members in their office, as they would all be sneaking off to complete the game every few minutes!
At Special Reserve we do have games consoles in our staff canteen! er - that's why it's so noisy.
Most bosses take a dim view of their employees using the internet at work, but recent studies have suggested that this can be useful for stress relief and create a better atmosphere in the office.
This got me thinking (and there is a point, and, yes, I'm getting to it!) If this is so good for people, why don't businesses invest in a couple of consoles and TVs to put in a coffee room or recreational area, just to improve the moral of the staff. There would be nothing I would like better than to take to the streets in a crazy taxi after a couple of hours crunching numbers, or relive my stress by racing around in a sports car after talking to some particularly nasty individual. The ultimate game, of course, would be an after hours Quake III or Unreal Tournement deathmatch on the work's PC network system, it would certainly be the most work some staff members would do on their computers!
Mind you, there are downsides. If the boss chose the wrong sort of game, like Shenmue for instance, they would see a sharp drop in staff members in their office, as they would all be sneaking off to complete the game every few minutes!
This got me thinking (and there is a point, and, yes, I'm getting to it!) If this is so good for people, why don't businesses invest in a couple of consoles and TVs to put in a coffee room or recreational area, just to improve the moral of the staff. There would be nothing I would like better than to take to the streets in a crazy taxi after a couple of hours crunching numbers, or relive my stress by racing around in a sports car after talking to some particularly nasty individual. The ultimate game, of course, would be an after hours Quake III or Unreal Tournement deathmatch on the work's PC network system, it would certainly be the most work some staff members would do on their computers!
Mind you, there are downsides. If the boss chose the wrong sort of game, like Shenmue for instance, they would see a sharp drop in staff members in their office, as they would all be sneaking off to complete the game every few minutes!