Employee Wellness Program - need input

[Ocean1]

So no paintball/Airsoft/Brazillian Ju-jitsu then?

I was working on site evaluating capital plant in a factory in KL when the Japanese senior management were pulled out at the end of a hand-over to new British owners.

Every single staff member had been doing 20 minutes of Tai Chi routine every morning for years, and the day after the change it stopped dead. No directives, no discussions, no consultations, just nah fuck that shit.

[Ulsterkiwi]

Groups like the Cancer Society and Heart Foundation would be only too pleased to run information workshops for your people, they have health promotion peeps just waiting for opportunities to do so. I have links to the cancer society because of my work, have done workshops on their behalf for different employers and it was pretty straightforward to adapt the info provided to relate well to the folks in the room. Something we did as Work colleagues was complete a volunteer task as a team, in our case we fed all the parents living in Ronald MacDonald House for a day. Sometimes wellness comes from giving not receiving, perhaps as a not for profit your folks are doing that all the time anyway?


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[Swoop]

Oakie looks down, shuffles his feet ... recognises that he has just been described. Actually while I eat at my desk, I have just started making a real effort to get out for a stroll around the block every afternoon.

On my last visit to my doctor (hadn't seen the bugger for years) we got chatting. He said the thing that concerns him the most was people who drove to work, sat at their desk, drove home, then sat in front of the TV.

Getting people moving around should be high on the list.

[Oakie]

Sometimes wellness comes from giving not receiving,

Well that is a perspective I'd not thought of. Interesting.

perhaps as a not for profit your folks are doing that all the time anyway?

yep. There is certainly some unpaid work goes in because I guess our work (disability support) is more of a vocation than a career.

[Oakie]

On my last visit to my doctor (hadn't seen the bugger for years) we got chatting. He said the thing that concerns him the most was people who drove to work, sat at their desk, drove home, then sat in front of the TV. Getting people moving around should be high on the list.

Yeah. That is a cheap one to achieve. A compulsory 10 minute walk around the block sounds good.

[EJK]

Yeah. That is a cheap one to achieve. A compulsory 10 minute walk around the block sounds good.

Some cheeky manager tend to book meeting rooms a floor above so we have to take the stairs once every now and then. Bastard.

[george formby]

We do some silly stuff in the office when we get fed up or over burdened. Crazy golf, hula hoops, cubicle badminton, cricket, basketball etc. I do some of this stuff with the students, too, when they are tired of an arvo.

A good laugh and a change of posture from the office chair seems to make the atmosphere / team a lot more positive.

I've asked for a paddling pool but have yet to see it.

Oh, we have table tennis as well.

[skippa1]

hookers for lunch.
pants-optional thursdays.
minimum blood-alcohol content to attend meetings.
(pork) spit roast fridays.
bring your kids to work and hit someone elses for a change.
wife swap.
hannukah.
secret satan (not a typo).
issue everyone firearms.
forward chain-emails.
discuss the benefits of accepting jesus christ as your lord and saviour. start a "fortunately-unfortunately"
play hackey sack at lunch.
reefer vending machines.


vote akzle.

All of these are very good ideas

vote akzle

[Gremlin]

Some cheeky manager tend to book meeting rooms a floor above so we have to take the stairs once every now and then. Bastard.

Our office is on the second floor. That shit should be illegal! Plus we're out visiting clients, so you're up and down the stairs a few times a day normally.

Normally on Mondays I'm bouncing up the stairs two at a time - Friday is a slow single step struggle

[BuzzardNZ]

A couple of companies I've been involved with have run a lunchtime bootcamp/crossfit/excercise thing - where they get a personal trainer to come in at lunch, and they go out to the carpark and do various exercises.

Obviously you took the 'I'll just have a pie instead' option then!

[TheDemonLord]

Obviously you took the 'I'll just have a pie instead' option then!

Nah, I don't do pies.

[Akzle]

Nah, I don't do pies.

you sick fuck

[jim.cox]

Seen this?

Study finds workplace wellness programmes dont work

Cant say that I am surprised...

[That looks like fun]

Create a positive non threatening workplace where people are accepted and problems are solved.
If you subscribe to a counselling service for staff do "NOT" use EAP. They are not honest.
Don't, at the end of an investigation find blame. Find solutions.
Pay people what they are worth.
Don't set unrealistic goals.
Involve your staff in the company
Keep the playing field level.

[TheDemonLord]

Seen this?

Study finds workplace wellness programmes dont work

Cant say that I am surprised...

I had a nose through the actual study - it's a bit less black and white than the article suggests - mainly because they are looking at the long term (3 year) effects - but the first years results do look pretty damning.