http://www.concordmonitor.com/news/work/business/13268939-95/wear-this-device-so-the-boss-knows-youre-losing-weight

One should take responsibility for his own life decisions, and these morons just outsource it as in they need a keeper. My immature, stupid pullet hens have more survival sense. S~~~ like this is motivation to stay self-employed. I assisted my elderly aunt with a Fitbit that my cousin sent her. She was creeped out by it as was I. She returned it once she realized her data was being stored in the cloud.

Here is a quote from a c~~~ justifying it. It figures a woman would like the idea:

Kristi Slagle, whose husband slimmed down through BP’s program, isn’t concerned about privacy with the gadgets. She said the program injects more fairness into the system because those who are healthier currently end up shouldering more costs for those who aren’t.

“I like that BP is making people more accountable,” she said.

Kristi Slagle, whose husband slimmed down through BP’s program, isn’t concerned about privacy with the gadgets. She said the program injects more fairness into the system because those who are healthier currently end up shouldering more costs for those who aren’t.

The whole thing is clearly the same bulls~~~ as feminism and all the other false Equality pushes. She specifically says that it “introduces fairness into the system” What a crock of s~~~, She is still using other peoples money and those who are currently on the undesirable list pay more. If you want fair pay for your own s~~~ entirely on your own.

Chris Barbin, CEO of Appirio Inc. in San Francisco. He said about 40 percent of his staff, which numbers about 1,000, participates in a voluntary fitness program that includes uploading their activity with FitBit.

While health costs weren’t the priority for the program, Barbin said that by sharing the data with the company’s health care provider he negotiated $300,000 off his company’s roughly $5 million in annual insurance costs by showing his staff is getting healthier.

Did even 1 of those ~400 staff whose participation saved him 6% on his health insurance costs see any increase in salary? if not I for one wouldn’t be volunteering any more.

Personally, I’d love to see corporations out of the healthcare business entirely. Solves, or begins to solve, a multitude of problems.

No kidding. I think the masters like that little bit of extra control though, so I don’t hold out a lot of hope.