YMS won the golden award in the Healthy Company of the Year 2018 competition in the category of small and medium businesses. Last year we participated for the first time and already came second.
Both prizes attach external and expert appreciation to our efforts and support our views that we indeed do take great care of our health.
As IT guys we spend most of our working time sitting at computers, clicking the mouse and typing on the keyboard. And since work takes up more than one third of our lives, we look for not just a healthy lifestyle, but a healthy workstyle. Moreover, being a team that has been together for some time, colleagues became friends and among friends the topic of health is important. And when company and human intentions combine, something great always birthes.
Healthy Company of 2018
YMS takes all tasks up in full effort and the same is true for our road to company health. “Our employees like to relax after work with their coworkers. That is why we launched a large internal program “Healthier YMS”, which we had been preparing for over a year. When it was complete, we recognised its value and entered the “Healthy Company of the Year” competition. We already won two awards, becoming the top healthy company of the year 2018, and second best in 2017, both in the category of small and medium businesses”, sais HR Generalist Jana Morhacova.
Healthier YMS Programme
The aim of the programme is to actively create and support activities that are good for health in the company business culture. To ensure access to information about the prevention of civilisation diseases and to create conditions on the workplace that are healthiest possible. “To begin with, we created a rehabilitation and relaxation room — Common Club. We implemented a new, more flexible, more modern and healthier benefit system, aimed at relaxation and sports activities. We created a health corner, where we all have healthy topics in front of our eyes. Anyone can add a healthy recipe, a suggestion for a weekend sport trip or recommend a good massage therapist. We contribute new ideas to shape our healthy space, we keep coming up with new, helthier benefits”, continues Jana Morhacova.
We Organise and Participate
We use the World Blood Donor Day to donate blood as a group, participate in biking to work events, play sports during several annual company events, compete in volleyball, badminton or petanque during company teambuildings. We organise family days, either in amusement parks withsports, rafting or skiing, depending on the season. In autumn we organise a full Health Day that brings specialists from a rehabilitation centre to YMS for a full day of presentations, practical demonstrations and health measurements. We cover topics such as healthfood, stress management, exercise or healthy sitting at the computer. We try machine massage or learn exercises that help stretch backs that sit at the computer for too long.
Team Commitment
It is not a cliche to repeat how important health is. Especially in the office, where we spend so much time. That is why our commitment to take care of it is clear and committed.