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They don't even use step 4. They just raise the "non-participation" penalty so high that you, for all intents and purposes, have to participate. The company I
by Mikerad1979 11y ago
They don't even use step 4. They just raise the "non-participation" penalty so high that you, for all intents and purposes, have to participate.
The company I work for charges a $50 per week penalty for not participating.
- jacquesm 11y agoI'd happily cease to participate in working there if that happened to me.
- abawany 11y agoUnfortunately in the US, the lack of good health insurance options in spite of Affordable Care Act (ACA) means that even after paying the penalty for opting out of soul-crushing health tracking, it is probably still cheaper to work for a company for a company-subsidized health plan than to pay for it all oneself :(.
- mikeash 11y agoI'm unfamiliar with these programs. What does participation entail?
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- Wingman4l7 11y agoI know someone who works for Blizzard; if they wear a Fitbit and meet the goal set on it, they get a healthcare discount or a small cash kickback, I forget which. Found a detailed presentation of the incentive plan here: http://www.myablife.com/files/HIP-Presentation.pdf http://www.myablife.com/files/HIP-Presentation.pdf
- Mikerad1979 11y agoFor mine, participation entails a yearly health screening. The screening measures blood pressure, BMI, nicotine usage, and cholesterol (via a blood draw). Depending on the findings, you fall into 1 of 3 tiers, which results in a penalty on every pay check if you don't fall into the numbers.