Bosses should crack down on football banter.

[Bergen]

There is too much of it in the workplace.

"discussing football and, for example, the merits of video assistant refereeing (VAR) can disproportionately exclude women and divide offices".

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51261999

[Omygawd]

It needs to be encouraged on here........

[EliotNes]

OMG haven't the BBC got anything better to report about.

[spen666]

OMG haven't the BBC got anything better to report about.

Why blame the BBC for reporting the news?

Why not blame the idiotic report from the Chartered Management Institute?


isn't report sexist? Ban football / cricket chat, but not talk re Love Island or shopping

[LittleMate]

What else would we talk about at work. FFS this island is almost becoming too pc at times.

[JimbO]

As has been said somewhere else you’d ban every topic in the workplace if you had to include stuff everyone liked. What about the vacuous pap that is Love island.

[Dunners]

It's the perfect news story to get everyone ranting and outraged.

[BoniO]

It's the perfect news story to get everyone ranting and outraged.

NO IT ISN'T!!!!!

[Rich Tea Wellin]

My team talks about football a lot, and about a year ago, a couple of the girls and one of the guys mentioned that they felt bored by it/excluded so i told them to wind it in a bit, which obviously helped. I get it though, but it's hard to tell people what they can and cant talk about if its not offensive.

[Thor]

Bosses should get a life!

[Max B Gold]

This is just the bosses trying to squeeze more productive activity from workers by banning chat in the office.

They've started with fitba bantz but soon they will be demanding work only chat.

[slacker]

Liverpool fans should be banned from gushing over their side this season, whilst Man U and Arsenal fans should be free to moan about how it’s the end of the world because they’ve been a bit poo poo, because that’s quite funny.

[bobo66]

It's the perfect news story to get everyone ranting and outraged.

NO IT ISN'T!!!!!

YES IT IS!!!!!

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

This is just the bosses trying to squeeze more productive activity from workers by banning chat in the office.

They've started with fitba bantz but soon they will be demanding work only chat.

First they came for the Ladz but I did not speak out because I was not a Ladz etc

[Howling Mad Murdock]

No problem in my workplace.They are all staring at their phones.