http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/diet.fitness/08/24/obesity.oregon.ap/index.html
Positive article about the heath benefits of cycling in Oregon. The woman’s employer pays a bonus for commuting. Any of your companies do that?
The company that I work for gives us “commuter credits,” 1-4 credits a day, depending how far and whether you do it to and fro or just one way. The credits are 50 cents each that go toward buying things that we sell.
Unforutnately, I don’t take advantage as often as I could, but some people are set for life! But even though I don’t commute as often as I should, it is a fantastic insentive!
Sort of. Boeing (at least in the Seattle area) heavily subsidizes the cost of riding in a vanpool. For example, my wife’s 450 mile per week total commute in a vanpool runs about $10-15 per week. If she had to buy the gas and drive, @ 30 MPG it would be about $8-9 a day.
indirectly. Trek offers you $ credit towards either the cafeteria or product on a sliding scale based on the # of miles you walk/run/rollerblade/ride a bike to work. You log it daily, and the previous month’s credits are awarded to you the beginning of the next month.
there aren’t many, but some do actually check the cafeteria block…
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My daughter used to work for Hormel (yes, I have plenty of SPAM merchandise) and while they didn’t require the commute, they paid credits for healthy activities including the bike. Employees could then turn in credits for gift certificates on the system like Best Buy or Pottery Barn. My daughter the football fan got one of her super wide screen televisions through that get fit program.
The only benefit at this law firm is that bikes park free in the underground garage.
B
A get fit program! that is a cool idea. Guess you have to be a big company to do that.
It would be interesting to see if companies that have done this for a while have decreased their health insurance costs, improved productivity or reduced total sick days with more fit employees?
I just found out that my employer is doing some sort of incentive program for those who use alternate means of transportation (bike, walk, van/car pool, bus) or telecommute. You record the weekly miles you save and I guess you’re entered into a drawing or something. Kinda cool.
The best part is the picture on our website that has the woman riding her bike, looking very corporate, and talking on her cell phone at the same time. Right.
Watch out people! I’m on a conference call here!
Look at those pictures! Everyone LOVES commuting.
how funny.
yeah, just found out we get $1 per day, and quarterly lunches. it’s almost like a mini sponsorship if you think about it!
Heck no. I pay them well and they all buy nice SUV’s.
Well I don’t get paid to commute BUT my company does incent me to stay fit by paying me $5 to go to the gym up to 100x per year. Employees simply need to submit an attendence log from the gym they belong to in order to get paid. The irony is that while I work out more than most of my co-workers, I don’t partake of the program as I teach yoga at the gym that I go to so my membership is free and therefore I don’t have an attendence log.
I spend all day in my car. For $60 per month my employer pays my gas, car insurance, oil changes, tires and anything else related to driving. If it was possible to ride or walk to work I’d jump on that in a minute.
shit they don’t even care if I am an athlete looking after my health and doing triathlons and marathons…no slack, no recognition unless your fund raising and they can put their name all over it.
The ‘*company’ *funding my hobby - (USAF through the Dept of Transportation) provides me with a quarterly $315.00 voucher stipend towards my commute (200 miles/day, 1k/wk, 4k/mo). On top of this, San Diego County Assoc of Governments (SANDAG) provides an additional $400.00/mo stipend which I spread evenly amongst the 10 members of my vanpool. I lease a van through (shameless plug) VPSI. The cost is evenly distributed amongst 10 members, with casuals paying a small amount just to cover fuel costs.
Results of this convoluted word problem? My monthly commute is basically free.
It’s due to my travel and meeting schedules - which cost me an arm and leg (and therefore, I must drive).
- kd