little__cee said:
Wow - does anyone really have mandatory health checkups besides your initial hiring physical???
I know of at least one organization that has free on-site food service for every shift.
- It adds "golden handcuffs" to employees
- It assures at least one nutritious meal per day for each employee
- It ensures a "closed campus" with no employees going out to the parking lot to "drink" lunch
- No contaminated foodstuffs are brought in to "share" and sicken multiple people
- Outside suppliers are fed a meal, too, to avoid three martini lunches which might influence a buyer
- No foodstuffs out on the shop floor or at desks to draw vermin and create mess
- Ensures employees will be present for announcements
- Ensures regular start and stop of meal time to minimize production schedules
Does it seem strange to any of you that a lot of executives go through this thinking exercise, balancing cost versus benefit for every "perk" offered to employees? I don't know of too many executives who provide these benefits as a strictly altruistic venture.
Personally, I think of it all in the same vein of whether to provide air conditioning - does it ultimately make production more efficient?
Yup. I am aware of one organization that has mandatory health checks for all personnel above a certain level. The more amusing part was the determination that the majority of those personnel were deemed overweight and a Key Performance Indicator was created to help with the weight loss goal.