Posted By: Cathexis @ 01/18/2008 2:03:43 PM
Comment: Also, the speaker states: "In order to be a cost-saving program, employees would have to lose enough weight, keep it off long enough and stay with the company long enough so that the reduction in health-related costs would be borne by the company. In reality, people change jobs every five years on average, so these programs are unlikely to pay off for most firms. "
Let me ask ... when a person leaves one company, where do they go?
I'll go out on a limb and guess "to another company." With a closed system like that, if you could get consensus from all companies, then when they hired a person who left another company, they'd gain the benefits of the fitness program used.
If they don't gain such a consensus, then companies with fitness programs merely subsidize those companies who hire thos eemployees, later.

