Here at MSM we have decided to embrace the World Cup rather than
fight it and as part of an overall IT upgrade we invested in a
state of the art plasma TV in our conference suite in time for
England's bid for World Cup glory.
Our 40-strong workforce at MSM's head office in Exeter will be
able to watch England play Slovenia on June 23 - the only one of
England's group games which has an afternoon kick-off.
Managing director, Thomas Coles, said: "We have been very lucky
to have built an extremely good team at all levels and it's good to
give something back. A few non-football fans would be working as
usual, with non-English members of the team happy to watch the
match."
Thomas Coles added: "We thought that it was better to embrace it
rather than fight against it. On the day, productivity will be
reduced, but in terms of productivity over the course of the month,
I would expect a greater sense of buy-in. Overall, I think the
effects will be positive."
Associated press articles
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/City-staff-set-cheer-World-Cup-hopefuls/article-2286847-detail/article.html
http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/news/Software-firm-puts-football-office-s-TV-programme/article-2287051-detail/article.html