How to enjoy the World Cup - and keep your boss on side
Football fans and bosses share their strategies to balance late night kick offs with work the next day.
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"I booked the Monday off a while ago. I work in a garage and we're open as normal, so I probably wouldn't get away with flexible working."
— Cameron Rae , Other
"Haiti is early Sunday morning so there's still all of Sunday to recover. Morocco is late Friday night so you can just stay up and sleep in on Saturday. Brazil is the difficult one - that's coffee-your-way-through-work territory."
— Krys Kujawa , Other
"As a keen football fan, I've reminded everyone that if they want to watch a game and start a bit later, that's fine, all we ask is that they're transparent about it."
— Sam Hufton , Executive
"The office has completely lost the plot... in the best way possible."
— Sharna Beveridge , Other
Key People
A Scotland fan who has booked time off to enjoy the World Cup.
A Scotland fan and business analyst trying to manage late-night games.
Founder of digital agency Pull the Pin, supportive of flexible working during the World Cup.
Social media manager who is getting into the World Cup spirit at work.
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