Interesting articles in BusinessWeek
Some interesting articles:
Companies Get Tougher with Employees Who Smoke – It will be interesting to see whether, say, R.J. Reynolds or Liggett & Meyers adopt such policies. They are always driven to grow profits, and cutting employee costs is one way to do that.
GoPro’s Incredible Small, Durable Camcorder – Extremely interesting technology. What is needed is this sort of camera that uses WiFi to stream its video to a haven the cloud—especially useful when police or other officials are confiscating cameras to hide evidence of their misdeeds.
North Miami’s Condo Catastrophe — This definitely triggers a strong “What were they thinking?” response—so much so that it seems there must have been reasons not obvious (because deliberately hidden) for the decisions. Or maybe it is simple blind incompetence.
Raves for Robert Brunner’s All-New Nook — This one is looking good.
On “Companies Get Tougher with Employees Who Smoke”:
My wife’s company only punishes those who smoke and who are overweight on their healthcare costs, no rewards. It’s a real “put your money where your mouth is” policy by the company. However, according to insurance charts, even 11-year old girls are overweight adults for their heights! So while she’s healthy and only 19 pounds over her insurance weight, she can jog a sub-8-minute mile for five miles daily. It should instead state: “We reward body type, not necessarily health.”
zaine_ridling
3 July 2011 at 10:54 pm
What would impress me even more than “go to our quit smoking class or pay extra for insurance” is if they made sure their insurance plan covered medical smoking cessation treatment.
scottfeldstein
4 July 2011 at 7:51 am