Totally agree, it's gotten out of hand. We have too many people with too little to do. And too much money to pay them to do useless things. So they come up with more programs.

On the other hand I look after my health reasonably well. I take very few sick days as a result. It would be nice if my employer showed some sort of recognition of that.

You don't need a participation medal in taking care of yourself. Right now you aren't earning more money or being directly rewarded by being healthy but this is a personal investment in your own future, why should anyone else show any form of recognition to a very personal life choice?

I do the same, I'm healthy, I go to the gym, I bike to work, my reward is getting older fit while I see people on my age group having more and more issues.

Yup, you might be more productive than someone that is unhealthy and taking sick days, etc., at the same time you don't use your paid time off (or have days discounted from your salary, such as here in Sweden) for when you got sick.

I live in a country where our taxes pay for healthcare. Its in everyone's interest to have more people healthy.

I'm on the same boat, my taxes pay for healthcare which I hope I won't ever need.

I just don't believe in strictly direct incentives to motivate people to change behaviour, even less for a whole society. People aren't motivated just by a dangling carrot, making people healthier is much more systemic than awarding who takes care of themselves.

Not just future but present. It feels good to be healthy

Yeah they'll give you recognition alright - for saving them money by allowing them to pry into your personal life.

Maybe it's just working for an international megacorp, but I can tell you with absolute certainty they don't give a shit about my health - except to the extent it affects the bottom line. I'll get my positive recognition from my doctor because it means something from them.

Unfortunately, we don't have a good way to measure the difference between "few sick days due to good health" and "few sick days because came into office sick".

Or, for that matter, "many sick days due to unsolvable chronic illness but doing their best" and "many sick days due to eating an entire bag of Doritos during lunch and feeling ill".

My employer used to pay out unused sick days at the end of the year. Washington state instituted a new law, and now they no longer do that.

I was finally forced to buy a Fitbit after weaselling out 3 times. You can’t run forever, but you might have to log it

I would just bot my fitness.