Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with Fitness Tracking

Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by bluedino on Sunday January 01, 2017 @09:34AM (#13295834)

As someone who works at a company that is removing all vending machines at the first week of the year, I agree. It's none of their damn business what people eat or drink and taking vending machines out just reduces employee morale.

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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by chrisseaton on Sunday January 01, 2017 @09:38AM (#13295848)

> none of their damn business what people eat or drink

Well if they're buying the food and drink and providing it to their employees then it's literally part of their business operations.

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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by bluedino on Sunday January 01, 2017 @02:16PM (#13296828)

They are not buying food and drink - a third party installs vending machines on site and actually pays the business to do so.

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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by chrisseaton on Sunday January 01, 2017 @03:03PM (#13297038)

I'm not sure that a minor business indirection like that really makes a material difference to what we're discussing.

They're still providing a service to their employees as part of their business operations. People are talking about this like having cans of drinks is some kind of human right that they're entitled to. I'm arguing that it's a business decision and totally up to the employer. There aren't any laws, or I'm arguing any moral imperatives, that means they have to offer you any particular drinks.

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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by gragas on Sunday January 01, 2017 @09:55AM (#13295909)

It's not their duty to regulate the private dietary choices of every individual.

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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by chrisseaton on Sunday January 01, 2017 @10:07AM (#13295946)

I don't think anyone in this thread argued that it was their duty to do anything. Everything we've talked about employers doing in this thread has been optional for the the employer. So you haven't said anything that anyone appears to disagree with.

But I wouldn't say it was regulating. Can you see a difference between being allowed to eat and drink whatever you want, and requiring that your employer provide whatever you want to eat and drink?

If your local shop doesn't happen to sell your favourite drink they aren't regulating you are they? That's just not what that word means.

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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by tinbucket on Sunday January 01, 2017 @10:05AM (#13295935)

I agree with that, but it's also not their duty to supply easy access to shitty unhealthy food either.

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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by brianwawok on Sunday January 01, 2017 @10:05AM (#13295932)

But they aren't. They are giving a bonus to people that make good choices. Seems good to me.

Disclaimer: makes good choices and am health nut.

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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by gns24 on Sunday January 01, 2017 @11:52AM (#13296256)

Why do you think other people don't make the same good choices?

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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by brianwawok on Sunday January 01, 2017 @04:13PM (#13297382)

I am at Walmart right now. I looked around.

Other Americans do not make the same good choices I make.

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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by gns24 on Monday January 02, 2017 @04:49AM (#13300172)

Okay, my question could be interpreted that way. My intended question was "Other Americans don't make the same good choices; why do you think that is?"

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