Staff at Onecom have stepped up to a new challenge as the company
partners with Fitbit as part of its ongoing commitment to staff
wellbeing.
Employees at the business communication specialist’s Hampshire
headquarters and its offices around the UK are taking part in a
company-wide fitness challenge using wrist-worn Fitbit step counters
to monitor their daily activity levels.
Onecom staff can purchase Fitbit devices at very heavily discounted
rates thanks to a corporate arrangement with Fitbit.
Onecom is bringing the cost of the devices down further by
contributing 50% of the discounted price to every employee who wants
one. So far, more than 150 team members have signed up to the scheme,
which was officially launched at Onecom House in Whiteley, Hampshire,
on Friday (October 6).
People across the business will now compete in a three-week
“Workplace Race” which will see teams compete to be the most active by
racking up the largest number of steps.
The team with the largest collective step count on Friday, October 27
will be named champions, with prizes on offer for the five individuals
across Onecom with the highest number of steps counted.
Aaron Brown, Chief Operating Officer at Onecom, said: “We have
recently launched a range of benefits for staff in a scheme we’re
calling Employee Plus, and a focus on wellbeing is a huge part of that
commitment.
“This Fitbit scheme is a bit of light-hearted fun, but it also
underlines the benefits of working together as a team and keeping
active to our overall levels of performance and productivity.
“We’ve already seen a huge buzz across the business, along with some
good-natured competitiveness, as we launch into our first Fitbit
challenge.”
Onecom’s Employee Plus scheme was launched as the company marked its
15th birthday earlier this year. It is made up of four fundamentals –
Onecom _Active,_ Onecom_ Academy_ and Onecom _Rewards_ deliver
training and development, discounts on golf and gym memberships and
personal training, enhanced free-time opportunities and money-saving
offers on goods and services, whilst Onecom _Foundation_ provides the
opportunity for staff to participate in fundraising for good causes.
Onecom, which has headquarters in Hampshire and offices around the UK
and Northern Ireland, is the UK’s largest independent business
telecommunications provider, operating from 12 regional offices,
including London, Cardiff, Southampton, Plymouth, Leeds, Telford,
Norwich and Brighton.
The company currently manages over 325,000 mobile connections,
delivering communication services and unified solutions across fixed
line voice, connectivity and cloud computing to some of the UK’s most
dynamic companies.
Onecom was voted Vodafone Platinum Partner of 2011, 2012, 2013 &
2014. In 2015, 2016 and again in 2017, Onecom was named Vodafone’s
Total Communications Partner – the network’s highest accolade for
partners in its Partner Programme. It is currently Vodafone UK’s
largest partner.
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