Become fit and then receive a month's salary as bonus! Yes, that's Zerodha's new 'get healthy' initiative for employees
The company has announced that employees who reach their fitness goals will be given a month's salary as bonus.
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Zerodha has asked its employees to set a '12-month get healthy goal' and keep updating the management monthly about the progress. (In picture: Nithin Kamath, founder and CEO, Zerodha)
As the pandemic advanced and locked things down, health took a backseat as mobility became restricted. Due to work-from-home and restrictions imposed in states, people became chair-bound. This led to a serious rise in discussions over health care issues. Several corporations around the world have been encouraging their employees to stay fit and healthy by coming up with different ideas and programmes.
Financial services company Zerodha, too, decided to become 'health-conscious' by launching an innovating initiative to help its employees stay fit and maintain a non-sedentary lifestyle.
Nithin Kamath, founder and CEO of Zerodha, on Saturday took to Twitter to inform his over 247K followers about the initiative. "Post the first lockdown, like everywhere, our team @zerodhaonline as a whole was probably the unhealthiest ever, due to the lack of physical activity, work-life imbalance, bad diet, & more," he said.
Zerodha has asked its employees to set a '12-month get healthy goal' and keep updating the management every month about the progress. In order to increase the participation, the company has announced that employees who reach their fitness goals will be given a month's salary as bonus.
And there's more, as the company has also announced a lucky draw where one winner will receive Rs 10 lakhs. "The transformation stories are super inspiring & pushing others to take action as well," Kamath further said, adding that that getting healthy improves professional performance as well.
The 'get healthy' program will be running permanently at Zerodha, thanks to the positive feedback received so far, Kamath announced. "Sharing to seed the idea among fellow entrepreneurs," he concluded.
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Other bosses have been taking notes of Zerodha's new initiative and also applauding Kamath for the creative move. "Amazing stuff Nithin.. I’m def sending this to my team for inspiration! wrote Harsh Jain, CEO of Dream Sports.
@Nithin0dha @zerodhaonline Amazing stuff @Nithin0dha - I’m def sending this to my team for inspiration!
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