Relieving Stress At Work: Try Playing Video Games
Webmaster November 12th, 2007
How do you Relieve Stress at Work? It may seem next to impossible to find time to relieve stress at work, but a few well-spent minutes can dramatically increase your productivity. With the majority of workplaces becoming more stressful everyday, coffee breaks and watercooler chitchat are out when it comes to office stress relief. Now, playing video games at work are all the rage when it comes to relieving stress at work.
An increasing number of companies are letting employees play video games at work in order to boost morale in their workplaces. Some are going as far as setting up break rooms with video games consoles to create a fun and relaxed atmosphere for their employees. Almost a quarter of white-collar workers currently play video games at work, and 84 percent say they feel more relaxed after indulging in child’s play, according to a recently released survey.
Some workers even admitted to playing video games during business meetings or conference calls, but most played during breaks or intermittently throughout the day, according to the nonscientific survey by video game provider PopCap Games. Garth Chouteau, PopCap Games Spokesman says “it is akin to doodling.” Remarkably, “you really don’t use all of the mental bandwidth you have when you’re playing video games at work.”
More than a third of higher-level executives admitted to playing video games at work, compared to 23 percent of other white-collar workers.
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