Super Bowl hangover: IT managers bracing for surge in remote work on Monday [Video]

Prior to the pandemic lockdowns hitting the U.S. in 2020, the number of Americans who said they expected to miss work the Monday after the Super Bowl that year hit a record high of 17.5 million, according to the Workforce Institute at Kronos’ annual “Super Bowl fever” survey at the time.

But now that hybrid work is commonplace, fresh data indicates opting to work from home is the new “calling in sick” – and that has information technology professionals bracing for a surge in help desk calls this Super Bowl Monday.

A survey released last week by IT management platform Atera found 41% of hybrid workers plan to work remotely the day after the Super Bowl. Of those, 27% said they will tell their manager they are not feeling well and don’t want to get others sick, while 25% plan to tell their supervisors they have an appointment that day such as a doctor’s visit as their reason for not coming into the …