Assessment - Employers - Joseph Galati, M.D.

Take a look around the lunch room. What are your employees eating?
- Mostly processed fast foods and take-out: burgers and fries, bagels, pizza, frozen meals, chips, cookies, cake etc.
- It’s looking pretty healthy: leftovers from the night before, fresh fruit, veggies or salads, lean protein, and things like hummus, cheese sticks and nuts for snacks.
- It’s a combination of the above categories.

Is your company family-friendly?
- There is a pretty clear delineation between our work-lives and personal lives. How my employees balance work and family obligations is really up to them.
- We understand that family is important and that it takes a lot to balance work and home demands. Our aim is to be flexible and support our employees in a way that allows them to take care of all their responsibilities.
- We try to accommodate where possible, but pressure on profits force us to limit time off.

Are your employees at a healthy weight?
- Many of my employees would be medically considered overweight.
- Most of my employees are physically fit and at a healthy weight.
- We’ve got a mix of employees that are at a healthy weight and those who are overweight.

Here’s how I view faith: Faithful individuals spread optimism, not gloom. What’s the atmosphere like at your company?
- People aren’t necessarily spreading gloom, but stress levels are pretty high, and admittedly, higher than are healthy.
- We work hard, but we love what we do and operate as a team. Overall, we maintain an optimistic can-do attitude.
- Gloom is, unfortunately, a good word to describe the vibe here. Some days, it feels like there’s a dark cloud over the whole office.

Communication is key in creating strong family bonds, and for many families, the primary venue for those conversations is around the kitchen table. Do your employees make time to sit down as a family for dinner?
- A lot of them do have meals as a family, but rather than cooking at home they prefer takeout or eating in restaurants to save time and hassle.
- For many of my employees, meal time is a family event, a ritual of togetherness. They split the responsibilities and swap stories about their day as they chop, cook, set the table, eat, and clean up.
- It’s a nice idea, but many of my employees are simply too busy, juggling hectic schedules to have regular sit-down meals as a family.

Do your employees exercise?
- You bet! We even have in-office exercise machine(s)/lunch-time exercise class/company sponsored vouchers for yoga and pilates.
- You bet! Everyone is always talking about the new fitness classes they’re trying out.
- Doubtful. If they do exercise, I have no knowledge of it (and you wouldn’t guess it by looking at them).
- Split. Some of my employees are fitness fanatics, others have likely never set foot in a gym.

Overall, how would you rank the mental health of your team?
- Solid. We have a group of confident and optimistic go-getters on our team.
- Pretty good. Everyone seems to be handling their responsibilities with grace for the most part.
- Less than perfect. Angry outbursts or bursts of tears happen more often than I’d like.

How are your employees’ lifestyle habits?
- Very few of my employees smoke. If they drink, they do so lightly or moderately.
- Drinking and smoking are common among my employees.
- Drinking and smoking are not only common among my employees, but they are becoming problematic.

When it comes to health, we have to walk our talk. As a company, do you offer wellness programs or health-related incentives to keep employees motivated?
- We offer health insurance—is that what you meant? Beyond that, not so much.
- Yep, we offer benefits like gym membership reimbursements and employee mental health resources and counseling. We also have health-related seminars or lunch-and-learns on a regular basis.
- We are just beginning to explore more options. Health and fitness-related benefits are something team members have specifically requested. We’re developing a program that works for us.

Finally, this last question is for you: It’s Friday night, what are your plans?
- Bringing back the dinner party! Cooking and eating together is a chance to connect with friends, neighbors, extended family, and even coworkers.
- Happy Hour! Then heading home, and hitting the hay. (It’s been a long week.)
- It’s date night (or family night)! Maybe a bike ride or walk with my spouse/partner/kids, then nice dinner after.
- Busy, busy. Probably order a quick pizza or take out between shuttling kids around to sports, activities, and friends’ houses.

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Assessment - Employers