Financial services company, Zerodha has said that it’s giving away 1 month salary as a bonus to employees who met their fitness goals after the covid lockdown.
Zerodha chief Nithin Kamath has set a new health challenge for employees so that they take out time for workout/exercise/sports activities.
This bonus was being offered to mark World Health Day. The company has now made fitness a norm.
Nithin Kamath shared a tweet saying, “Our latest health challenge at @zerodhaonline is to give an option to set a daily activity goal on our fitness trackers.”
“Anyone meeting whatever goal set on 90% of the days over next year gets 1 month’s salary as a bonus. One lucky draw of Rs 10lks as a motivation kicker”, he added.
Our latest health challenge at @zerodhaonline is to give an option to set a daily activity goal on our fitness trackers. Anyone meeting whatever goal set on 90% of the days over next year gets 1 month’s salary as a bonus. One lucky draw of Rs 10lks as a motivation kicker.😃 1/3
— Nithin Kamath (@Nithin0dha) September 24, 2022
“It is an optional program. Min of 350 active calories/day, in any form. Given that most of us are WFH & sitting is the new smoking, turning into an epidemic. We are doing whatever to nudge everyone on the teams & hopefully, they and their families to move daily”, he added.
His tweet further added, “Since my initial weight gain after COVID, tracking activity has been the best growth hack, end up being more conscious about diet too. Slowly upped daily goal to 1000 calories. This is how my Sep looks until now; it will be interesting to see others who use activity trackers.”
It is an optional program. Min of 350 active calories/day, in any form.
— Nithin Kamath (@Nithin0dha) September 24, 2022
Given that most of us are WFH & sitting is the new smoking, turning into an epidemic. We are doing whatever to nudge everyone on the teams & hopefully, they and their families to move daily. 2/3
Zerodha has set a landmark for other companies to follow. The company had started making a profit even before it became a unicorn.
The company is an Indian financial services company that offers brokerage-free equity investments, retail, institutional broking, currencies, and commodities trading.
Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Bangalore and has a presence in nine Indian cities. It is also an official member of NSE’s consultative committee for growing business.
