Employer Wellness Programs Are a Great Idea—Right?

[wryter2000]

2. That's not wellness

That's just pestering and causing stress.

My employer did offer wellness programs. You got points for doing things like attending weight loss classes, whether or not you lost weight, exercising, going to the farmers' market, or even taking a shuttle to Lake Merritt at lunch to lower stress. Then you got cool stuff when you accumulated enough points. I'm wearing a Fitbit contraption they gave me. (This is in past tense for me because I'm retired, with a pension and 401k, I might add. The program is still going on.)

I lost 70 pounds and got rid of my cane because of the program. That's wellness.