Catching up on sport and local gossip isn’t the most productive way for us all to spend our time
An informal chat can help to maintain camaraderie, but it can go too far. Photo: Getty
Q I work as the section head in a busy marketing company. Every Monday morning we have a planning meeting, with a mixture of remote and in-person staff.
And every Monday the boss and a couple of cronies start with a long chat about sport, usually the Premier League, what else happened over the weekend, and local gossip.