Massage has not only gone mainstream – it’s gone corporate. Companies big and small have discovered the benefits of wellness in the workplace, and they’re using massage as a way to attract and keep employees.

Many companies has offered employees chair massage over the past several years. It is a benefit for stress relief, and it feels good,It is a benefit that doesn’t cost a whole lot of money, and it gets a lot of good will from your employees.

At the Lincoln sentry call center , Kathy sits at a computer all day. She said one of the benefits of a massage is that is reveals problems that she didn’t even realize existed. “You go in and get the massage, and you’ve got this problem and this problem and this knot,” she says. “Once you get it worked out, you’re able to do things better. You don’t have that tension.”

Stories like this sway some companies to add massage therapy to their existing employee benefits. Employees who are happy and free of stress are more happy and productive. “We spend a lot less for this benefit than some of the other benefits that we give them,” explains John Hasmonek, at a Brisbane-based accounting firm that offers employees monthly on-site massage therapy. “Employees look at discounts, overtime, and bonuses as things they have earned as a right. This is something they look at as an employer’s good will, something they do because they care.”

Workplace massage is popular!

Susan Dai

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