Who's worried about android's privacy, now?
Is this going to require you to send your activity data to IBM and/or its insurer?
I definitely do not expect you to agree with this, but I think if sales numbers of the Apple Watch were groundbreaking they would announce them. True, they said in advance they wouldn't announce the numbers, but they also have market analysts who make predictions.Except before Watch ever went on sale Tim Cook said they wouldn't be reporting sales figures.
Positive opportunity. I support presidential fitness roll outs for cities, and IBM is like a small city. Behaviorally we cannot "quit" laziness (a type of negative reinforcement), but we can complete circles. Sometimes life is this simple, this positive.
Like it.
I definitely do not expect you to agree with this, but I think if sales numbers of the Apple Watch were groundbreaking they would announce them. True, they said in advance they wouldn't announce the numbers, but they also have market analysts who make predictions.
Wrong kind of tax.And because it's part of the health plan, it's pre-tax. Next headline, "IBM avoids paying $xx M in taxes by handing out Apple gadgets".
Can you get me in to the Rochester, MN grounds to play disc golf next summer when I am in town?Ha. Nobody reads those. Just find an existing employee and they'll refer you.
(I know because I am an employee. There's so many automated filter systems that your odds are slim to none that your application will go anywhere if you don't hand it to an actual employee. I got in via a Friend of a Friend. A coworker got in via their dad being an employee. Another got in via their friend. A few people got in via acquisitions. I don't know anybody who made it in via filling out a job application.)
Anyways, for employees who want to know more, it's an email that was sent yesterday afternoon from IBM Human Resources. The subject was "Your 2016 Benefits: Let's Commit to Health". It sounds to me like you won't actually be able to order/receive your Apple Watch until next year... I suspect that this is mostly a way for Apple to clear out old generation 1 models before they release new generation 2 models in Spring.
I definitely do not expect you to agree with this, but I think if sales numbers of the Apple Watch were groundbreaking they would announce them. True, they said in advance they wouldn't announce the numbers, but they also have market analysts who make predictions.
Last year with the Fitbit the data went to a third party and not to IBM directly. You were given a gold star for hitting your exercise goals. The third party also sent out motivational emails to get people moving.Great question. I would dread to have to share my activity with anyone (even though I am fit). I would hope it is illegal for employers and insurers to discriminate, positively or negatively, based on activity, the same way they no longer can deny you because of preexisting conditions.
Fine as an incentive, as long as you don't start nagging me to get up so that I can pay less for insurance.
Perfect addition to the "don't eat meat" law by the WHO yesterday. It's on the same lines of people believing everything the mass media says and the feel good style of an invented artificial health.
Unfortunately, the "free" watch is only for those who pick the insurance plan with the High Deductible HSA.