Forced Exercise By Companies
Companies who pay the lion's share of health care costs are planning office space that requires their workers to get up and walk. Sprint's headquarters in Overland Park, Kan., has elevators and escalators that are deliberately slow to encourage its workers to take the stairs. The telephone company also banned cars on its 200-acre headquarters, forcing employees to park at the perimeter as well as putting food facilities at the edge of the buildings not in the middle. "It's a forced wellness program," Dan Jeakins, an architect in Dallas who has designed office buildings that encourage walking and stair-climbing, tells New York Times.
Companies who pay the lion's share of health care costs are planning office space that requires their workers to get up and walk. Sprint's headquarters in Overland Park, Kan., has elevators and escalators that are deliberately slow to encourage its workers to take the stairs. The telephone company also banned cars on its 200-acre headquarters, forcing employees to park at the perimeter as well as putting food facilities at the edge of the buildings not in the middle. "It's a forced wellness program," Dan Jeakins, an architect in Dallas who has designed office buildings that encourage walking and stair-climbing, tells New York Times.
Charles Mims
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