Corporate Fitness and Wellness Programs, Necessity – Not Luxury.

 

 

People in America work at least 167 hours more per year than we did just 20 years ago. The American workforce spends more ‘AWAKE’ hours at work than anywhere else.

So it’s easy to see why fitness and wellness in the workplace has become a necessity.   Corporate America can no longer afford to ignore the balance between work, health, and life.

Corporate wellness programs promote the health and well being of employees, employers and all the humans in the whole organization. 

Many companies are starting to realize the tremendous benefits of corporate fitness and wellness programs. 

Reduction in the rates of illness and injuries among employees.  Unhealthy and unfit employees experience a wide range of work-related injuries like muscle strain, stress fractures, back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Reducing complications such as diabetes, heart disease or a stroke.Employees with the opportunity to participate in corporate wellness programs do not develop the serious illnesses. Avoiding long-term disability or being forced to discontinue working entirely.

Reduction in employee absenteeism.Coors Brewing Company experienced an 18% decrease in employee absenteeism after implementing a corporate fitness and wellness program. 

Reduction in the cost of healthcare.After starting a corporate fitness and wellness program, Coca-Cola company was able to save $500 per employee every year.

 

Increased productivity.Employees who participate in the onsite fitness and wellness program are more happy and healthy and produce a greater volume of work at a higher quality than non participating employees.

Retention of key employees. Companies that implement corporate fitness and wellness programs experience a much lower rate of employee turnover.  If your employees are happy and healthy and enjoy working at your company, you will be able to focus more time and energy on actually getting the job done.

Steve Paterson at Used Gym Equipment LLC has been helping Corporate fitness and wellness programs get started since 1989 while lowering the overhead of the business at the same time. 

Steve says, “ When I did the corporate fitness center for Alcoa Aluminum the CEO said he has share holders to answer to. So opening a top quality fitness program while saving $280,000 at the same time, just made sense all the way around.”