Zerodha's co-founder announces health initiative for employees
On Saturday, Zerodha's co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath announced a new health initiative for his company s staff. He challenged them to set a daily activity goal on their fitness trackers and promised a month's salary as a bonus to those who met their health goals over the next year.
The new smoking is turning into an epidemic, as most of us are WFH sitting. Kamath stated in a LinkedIn post that we are doing whatever to nudge everyone on the teams to move daily.
The employees must reach their daily health goal 90 per cent of the days over the next year to be rewarded, according to Kamath. The company will hold a lucky draw of 10 lakh for boosting motivation among the staff, in addition to receiving a month's salary as a bonus.
Kamath said that our latest health challenge at Zerodha is to give an option to set a daily activity goal on our fitness trackers. If you meet the goal on 90 per cent of the days over the next year, you get a month's salary as a bonus. One lucky draw of 10 lks as a motivation kicker. It is an optional program and a minimum of 350 active calories per day should be burned in any form.
The founder of Zerodha shared his personal experience while sharing a screenshot of a health app. Since my initial weight gain after COVID, tracking activity has been the best growth hack, you can become more conscious about diet too. The daily goal was increased to 1,000 calories. This is how my Sep looks until now, and it will be interesting to see other people's use activity trackers, he wrote.
This is not the first time Zerodha founder Kamath has announced a health initiative for his company's staff.
On World Health Day, he challenged all employees and said anyone with a BMI of less than 25 will get half a month's salary as a bonus. He also announced benefits for staff members who are beginning to lose weight.
The idea was not welcomed by some people and netizens stated that there was a debate if the initiative will push people towards fatphobia and body image issues.