--- title: Why Your Company Needs to Become a Wellness Company description: It’s not enough to just add some extra hand sanitizers around the office, the pandemic has proven that companies need to dedicate more time and resources to the health and wellness of their employers. image: https://blog.onsitewellnessllc.com/hubfs/getty_846275012_2000133420009280149_365682.jpeg --- [![1127895_OSW Tagline Logo_081021 (1)-1](https://blog.onsitewellnessllc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/1127895_OSW%20Tagline%20Logo_081021%20(1)-1.png?width=300&name=1127895_OSW%20Tagline%20Logo_081021%20(1)-1.png)](https://www.onsitewellnessllc.com/) - [HOME](https://www.onsitewellnessllc.com/) - [WELLNESS SERVICES](https://www.onsitewellnessllc.com/wellness-services/) - [Wellness Programs](https://www.onsitewellnessllc.com/wellness-programs/) - [Biometric Screenings](https://www.onsitewellnessllc.com/biometric-screenings/) - [Nicotine Cessation](https://www.onsitewellnessllc.com/nicotine-cessation/) - [Incentive Design](https://www.onsitewellnessllc.com/incentive-design/) - [Online Wellness Portal](https://www.onsitewellnessllc.com/online-wellness-portal/) - [Consulting Services](https://www.onsitewellnessllc.com/consulting-services/) - [WHO WE ARE](https://www.onsitewellnessllc.com/who-we-are/) - [MEET THE TEAM](https://www.onsitewellnessllc.com/meet-the-team/) - [WELLNESS NEWS](https://www.blog.onsitewellnessllc.com/) - [CONTACT](https://www.onsitewellnessllc.com/contact/) # Why Your Company Needs to Become a Wellness Company by [OnSite](https://blog.onsitewellnessllc.com/author/onsite) | Jun 28, 2021 | [Corporate Wellness](https://blog.onsitewellnessllc.com/tag/corporate-wellness), [Weekly Wellness Blog](https://blog.onsitewellnessllc.com/tag/weekly-wellness-blog), [Worksite wellness](https://blog.onsitewellnessllc.com/tag/worksite-wellness) | [0 Comments](https://blog.onsitewellnessllc.com/why-your-company-needs-to-become-a-wellness-company#comments-listing) ![Why Your Company Needs to Become a Wellness Company](https://blog.onsitewellnessllc.com/hubfs/getty_846275012_2000133420009280149_365682.jpeg) It’s not enough to add some extra hand sanitizers around the office, the pandemic has proven that companies need to dedicate more time and resources to the health and wellness of their employees. When COVID-19 disrupted the world, closing offices, employees faced new challenges. Emotional, psychological, physical, or financial difficulties were commonplace. Hybrid and remote work became the new norm. Working from home dramatically changed the idea of a “work/life balance”. Employees had increased stress and anxiety while dealing with other distractions working remotely. While some employers may have had wellness programs in the past, executives were missing the point. Wanting to decrease healthcare costs or attracting top talent are great reasons for wellness but since the pandemic, executives now see the true value of having effective wellness programs because they saw first-hand how the mental and physical health of their employees were affected. With continuous and constant change surrounding us, organizations now have the responsibility to become employee-centered, wellness companies. Empathy serving as the epicenter for this change and employee focus. ### From the Top Down Far before the pandemic, it has been proven that employee well-being improves employee recruitment and retention efforts, increases productivity, leading to an increase in profitability. This trend has only intensified over the last 18 months. Employee retention and happiness is critical in retaining talent. A recent study shows that many people don’t want to return to the office and are willing to leave their job for a company who will accommodate them. In fact, one in four workers are planning on leaving their jobs once the pandemic is over and 82% of employees report they would consider leaving their current job for a more empathetic organization. What’s even more concerning for employers, is that now they are competing with companies across the country to recruit talent. With more and more remote positions, people in your surrounding area have a plethora of jobs to apply for, removing their commute and allowing them the option of working from their living rooms. When people are searching for jobs now, they have new priorities. Well-being now must become a pillar of all organizations in order to recruit and keep top talent. How do you the employer make this happen? Start with listening sessions. Opt to have senior leadership sit down with employees and truly listen to their concerns, feelings, and ideas will show that they matter. Once the conversations wrap, be sure to follow through. Incorporating wellness initiatives and taking on employee ideas will benefit everyone at the company. ### Use Technology to Personalize While being stuck in front of a screen all day has led to an increase in burnout, technology can also be used in a positive way. Technology can be used to improve the lives of employees, whether that be figuring out how employees take breaks and how often, identifying how easy or hard it is for them to use tech at home, or noting how they are faring emotionally or physically. Leveraging technology can address these issues. Using tools to act on employee data, identify trends, and solve concerns in real time will allow increased well-being in the workplace. Using it to provide personalization will be the key difference maker. Technology can also be used to tailor resources and programs to the needs of employees based on employee/virtual check ins. Programs like self-care coaching, financial planning advising, or even just stress reduction techniques can be a great result. ### Redefine HR For most businesses, it’s all about the customer experience, but now it’s time to focus on the employee experience. If employees are not being cared for, that will pass onto the customers. The human resource department can play a large role in this shift. HR staff must embrace an employee-first, digitally centered approach to wellness that goes beyond surveys and basic check-ins. Often incorporating a wellness program falls upon the HR department. Adding stress and more to-dos internally. The focus should be much larger on employee wellness and not just another task for HR. Working with a corporate wellness company can help alleviate the stress of finding and choosing the right wellness programs for employees. Let us help you! At OnSite Wellness, we get to know each company we work with to ensure we are addressing the needs of employees. By creating customized wellness programs, we can help employees reach their highest potential, reducing stress and increasing employee job satisfaction. 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