Company Wellness Budget Cut To $1,103 So Quitting Gym Will Feel More Economical
KEY POINTS
- â˘Data Ramp Capital reports that wellness benefits shrank 20% from $1,366 in 2023 to $1,103 per employee in 2025.
- â˘MetLife and Kaiser Family Foundation show that annual family healthcare premiums hit nearly $27,000 and are expected to rise further in 2025.
- â˘Experts like Josh Bersin and Zachary Chertok note companies are cutting underused wellness programs and focusing on targeted, budget-friendly options.
Corporate wellness insanity has hit a new low in 2025, with companies slashing employee gym and mental health perks from a generous $1,366 per year in 2023 to a stingy $1,103, thanks to employers deciding that Planet Fitness > Equinox, and that Zoom meditation is only marginally more useful than a nap in the break room. CEOs like Wellhub's Cesar Carvalho brag about charging companies $2-$5 per month per employee for gym apps that workers rarely open because, shocker, ongoing stress and $27,000 annual family health premiums arenât cured by volunteering or half-hearted wellness classes that sometimes even backfire. Experts like Josh Bersin admit nobody's bragging about wellness as a secret success, while Deloitte reports 68% of workers find programs 'too confusing' to bother. Itâs a brave world where you can get mental health apps you ignore and gym memberships you quit, yet your premium healthcare costs keep inflating like an overblown yoga ball.
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Workplaces cut wellness perks so you donât use whatâs already ignored, and pump that saved cash into $27k health premiums to keep pretending gym apps fix everything.
Corporate wellness programs: giving you confusing mental health apps nobody uses since 2010 but hey, at least theyâre budget friendly now.
When your company spends billions on wellness but you only volunteer to avoid actual work, and that costs less than the gym you quit.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/26/2026 | Author: Emily Stewart
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