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> Basecamp will pay up to $100/month for your gym membership, yoga studio membership, or whatever activity you do to stay in shape.

Is this sort of thing common? I wish my current employer did something like this. While I'm still skimming some of the documents - Basecamp sounds like a cool place to work.

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I think it is often subsidized by your health insurance. But even if it isn't, it just makes sense - healthy employees need fewer sick days, and have better mental health and energy levels.

Thanks for the reply - I was just curious because currently (first job post graduation) nothing like that is offered where I work and I would take advantage of it if I got the chance.

In Poland, almost all companies offer "sport card", which can be used at gyms, pools and other facilities with no limits (or very little). I could basically spend all my free time at gym or whatever. Employee has to participate in small fraction of subscription fee (say, 10$).

https://www.benefitsystems.pl/en/for-you/multisport/

That sounds like a nice plan as well! I have never heard of anything like this in the US.

At least on the West Coast it seems pretty common - considering that companies here also pay for your health insurance, it seems like an overall decent idea.

In the midwest, a paid gym membership has been less common but has become more popular in the past couple years.

Pretty common.

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