Three-Quarters of IT Managers Expect Big Game Monday to Be Busiest Day of the Year for Remote IT Issues, Warns Atera
NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The 58th championship football game is set to take place on Sunday, February 11th, and is sure to inspire an American tradition of cheering, drinking, eating, and tailgating, leaving workers exhausted for the week ahead. In fact, new research of American workers from AI-powered IT management platform Atera shows 41% of hybrid workers are planning to stay at home and work remotely the Monday after the Big Game. Of those planning to work remotely, 27% plan to tell their manager they are not feeling well and don't want to get others sick, and 1 in 4 (25%) plan to tell their manager they have an "appointment."
- What's more, 31% expect to be groggy, 28% expect to be hungover, and 25% expect to be cranky.
- With all these concerns, a whopping 64% agreed "it is unacceptable" for IT professionals to be slow to respond on Big Game Monday.
- IT managers predict the top issues plaguing them will be:
"Life in IT is always busy, but Big Game Monday will be the next level. - Atera is working with a cast of NFL all-stars to send personalized messages of thanks to teams stepping up after the Big Game.