What if Your Boss Tracked Your Sleep, Diet, and Exercise?
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Inside most companies, the typical health and wellness program includes regular blood pressure checks, a list of fresh foods for the office fridge, and some sort of exercise guru who shows up every so often to tell people they should work out more. If you’re lucky, you might even get some coupons designed to encourage healthier eating — and cut company insurance costs.
But at Citizen — a Portland, Oregon company that designs mobile technology — things are a little different. Employees at the company are now uploading data on how much they exercise, what they eat, and how much they sleep to a central server, as part of an effort to determine whether healthy employees are actually happier and more productive. The ultimate aim is to explicitly show employees how they can improve their work through better personal habits.
Read the rest at http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/04/quantified-work-citizen/
But at Citizen — a Portland, Oregon company that designs mobile technology — things are a little different. Employees at the company are now uploading data on how much they exercise, what they eat, and how much they sleep to a central server, as part of an effort to determine whether healthy employees are actually happier and more productive. The ultimate aim is to explicitly show employees how they can improve their work through better personal habits.
Read the rest at http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/04/quantified-work-citizen/
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No to this0
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1984 is coming 30 years later than expected,0
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will this prove that healthier people are happier,
or just that happier people make the effort to be healthier?0 -
That's pretty cool!0
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Crikey - it's a bit different where I work. As long as you turn up and don't die on the premises they're pretty happy0
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he'd be jealous of what i do because he always complains he doesn't get enough sleep, his lunch/snacks come from the vending machine and he never exercises.0
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I would not volunteer to let such private information be known to me. What will eventually happen is they will tie in insurance premiums to your (non-vice) habits.0
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The Maricopa Community College District I work for now incentivizes employees who live a healthier lifestyle by giving rebates on health care cost that can be applied to the next years cost. They test for smoking and for other issues. Just taking the tests yearly gives a small amount back. If you don't smoke you get a larger refund. And for other healthly stuff I think there are other incentives.
I TOTALLY agree with this approach personally. In group medical there are issues realted to non-healthy lifestyles that end up costing the group money. These major preventable types of things would normally cost an indidivual more, but end up being spread over the gruop. Not really fair for those living a healthier lifestyle.
But to track everything...I dunno about that.0 -
You can always find another job.0
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1984 is coming 30 years later than expected,
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If you're not getting enough sleep for good health, will they force you to take a nap? If so, I'm totally in.0
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Thank Goodness I live in the UK!
God bless the NHS.0 -
I'm on the fence on this one. On one side, it sounds pretty invasive to one's private life. However, if it is incentives that can be redeemed, more would participate. The County of Riverside has an incentive program. Extra money never hurt anybody. They have already proven healthier employees to be more productive and happy.0
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Crikey - it's a bit different where I work. As long as you turn up and don't die on the premises they're pretty happy
Thats funny! Although we've had a few expire on the premises - not so funny...0 -
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I could be bribed into doing this. Mostly I'm pretty meh about it either way.0
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You can always find another job.0
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Thank Goodness I live in the UK!
God bless the NHS.
Here here!!!!!!
There was a lot of criticism about how much it was featured in our Uk Olympic opening ceremony, but I for one, think its brilliant. When I read here about people asking for advice about illness and injuries as they can't afford to go to the doctor- it amazes me.0 -
I'd love it if they tracked my exercise, but if they tracked my diet I think they'd have a heart attack.
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will this prove that healthier people are happier,
or just that happier people make the effort to be healthier?
yep! Correlation is not equal to causation :noway:0
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