.Tuesday, July 6, 2010 ' 9:31 PM Y
World Cup is the most prestigious soccer tournament held once every 4 years. The entire world is thrilled by the excitement, the highlights and most importantly the GOALS. The World Cup not only creates countless opportunities for the players and teams, it also significantly boosts the economy of the host nations, due to the influx of the fans and supporters all over the world. Beyond the countries boundaries, the whole world entertainment industry also ballooned. Despite all the economy benefits World Cup brought, there are adverse effects arise from the World Cup fever.
As reflected in the articles, the World Cup generally brings down the productivity and the workability of workers as a whole. Die-hard fans stayed up late into midnight to catch the live telecast of the matches. On the other part of the world, those who are luckier need not stay up late for the matches; however, they will find themselves facing the time clashes of the match and working hours. The BBC report commented on such dilemma vividly. It also gave a good advice that the real key to resolve is to make the right priority. The various suggestions it gave become a good guideline for employees to reflect and ponder on.
Mr. Zhang from Wuhan had implied his priority in the People’s Daily report, that he is willing to quit his job for the World Cup. In fact, as foreseen by the report from CNA, that there will be rises in official leave, has become a real threat to employer. Eventually, those without official leave may fall sick and take sick leave due to the unhealthy lifestyle to stay through late night for live matches. Thus, the World Cup fever has transformed into physical fever. Of those who are more sustainable, their focus and productivity shrunk significantly during the World Cup season. In addition to passionate fans like Mr. Zhang, the productivity of each business seems falling into a bottomless pit.
In summary, we could conclude that the World Cup, like anything else, brought about both positive and negative impacts on the economy. A wise employer needs to prepare for worse case scenario like this. On the other hand, a wise employee will need to maintain a right balance between leisure and work, while not losing the passion for this World Cup fever. Work hard, and enjoy the World Cup.
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