HUFFINGTON
08.04.13
COURTESY OF PROMEGA CORP.
CORPORATE ZEN
which these pursuits have reversed
the usual dynamic. In many companies, employees sneak off to the
gym with a sense of guilt. At Promega, it’s the desk-chained set that
harbors a sense of doing it wrong.
“No one ever really pressures
you to be fit, but you see how
much effort people put into being
fit,” says Mike Rosenblatt, who
dropped 50 pounds after joining
a company-organized weight loss
class at the Wellness Center. “Unless you embrace it, too, you’re
almost on the outside looking in.”
Some here say organizing life
around exercise has made them
more concentrated and focused.
Monika Wood, a scientist who oversees data projects, rides her bicycle
between work and home, a trip of
16 miles that takes her about an
hour. The exertion not only keeps
her fit, but also places an imperative on being more organized while
helping her avoid procrastinating.
“I tend to get all my things done
much more efficiently,” Wood
says, “because I don’t want to bike
home in the dark.”
A HEALTHY SUBSTITUTE
Five years ago, after the birth of
her second daughter, Lucy Kubly,
the executive assistant, found herself chronically devoid of energy.
“I was struggling all morning,”
Kubly says. “Then, 1 o’clock would
hit and I’d feel like I was not getting anything done. I’d find myself
staring at a blur of email, just looking and not really doing anything.”
She often recharged with a can of
Promega
employees
participate in
a wall yoga
class — one
of a variety
of different
yoga classes
available
to anyone
working
at the
company’s
campus.