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Health, wellness offerings influence decisions on where to work: OfficeTeam

January 07, 2019

Workers are looking to their employers for some help in meeting their health and wellness goals, according to new research from OfficeTeam, a division of Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI).

Most professionals surveyed, 73%, said a company’s health and wellness offerings influence their decision to work there. Employees place the greatest weight on wellness incentives that reward healthy behavior at 26%, followed by fitness facilities or programs at 23%.

These are also the resources most commonly offered by organizations at 43% and 41%, respectively. However, 20% of companies don’t provide any health and wellness options.

Professionals ages 18 to 34 most often said health and wellness offerings affect their decision to work at an organization at 87%, compared to 70% of those ages 35 to 54 and 44% of those 55 and older. Seventy-nine percent of male employees reported the same, versus 65% of women.

Larger companies with 500 or more employees are more likely to have health and wellness programs than smaller ones.

The survey was developed by OfficeTeam and conducted by an independent research firm. It includes responses from more than 1,000 workers employed in office environments in the US and more than 2,800 senior managers at companies with 20 or more employees in 28 major US cities.