Wellness Programs At Work
Have you looked to see if your employer is offering any wellness programs at your job? This can be in the form of a lunch time yoga class, after-work fitness class or a seminar presented on stress reduction. Sometimes employers will have an in-service or even Saturday morning program.
Many companies now are learning the benefits of offering these on-site to reduce employee sick days, burn out and many other reasons why people miss work. This also makes people tend to not need a “mental health day” off from work to recover from stress.
If your employer isn’t offering any programs, you can show him some articles that outline the benfits. One motivation employers have is the reduced cost of health insurance which can really sky rocket. A second benefit is that employees that are less stressed have reductions in reacting to other co-workers with anger, resentment or other flare ups . This decreases enmity and leads to team work, cooperation and less office gossip.
Psychologically one reason why people dread work is due to the “water cooler” talk that can be at times petty. The less gossip a work environment has, the more comfortable everyone feels. This will create a relaxed ambience and one that will seem friendly.
As an employee, having a wellness class on -site also is a nice way to associate work with health and fun. When we are less stressed our presentations go better, we cooperate more with others and can feel more connected. Often at work there may be people you think of approaching but don’t. A wellness course can be a nice way to have a common ground for conversation and future interactions. People tend to dress casually and there isn’t the type of strain that may be present in an environment where people feel pressured by meeting deadines.
