Employee wellness is no longer only limited to helping teams unwind, but more about enabling them to have a balanced work-life. Can digital wellness solutions help? Let’s explore.

Diana logs in at 6:00 AM in the morning for a meeting with a global client. As the meeting gets over, she starts working on her to-do lists to sort out work for the day and looks at her tight calendar. She notices she barely has time to take breaks and have her meals in peace. She was just gasping for breath looking at a crazy day ahead, as a reminder for a yoga class pops up. But she has another meeting then. The company chatbot is also messaging her asking how she is feeling today. She wonders if she has the time to have that conversation. She drags through the day meeting after meeting and logs out at 8 PM. Before going to bed, as she pays a few bills, she realises how she is low on funds. She thinks to herself, “So much hard work and still not enough mental and financial stability. No time to meet friends. No time for self-development.” She dreads the next day at work.

Diana’s firm is trying to take care of its employees with dedicated fitness sessions, an integrated AI system, and EAP in place. But she still seems to be struggling to strike that work-life balance and take care of her well-being. Does she seem to be on the verge of burnout? What’s missing in the organization’s employee wellness strategy?

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To be honest, she does seem to be on the verge of burnout! I think that while the organization has put in place such initiatives as fitness sessions and an AI chatbot, they don't seem to be addressing the main pain points of the employees and are just adding facilities and features without listening to the employees. Even though Diana has all these facilities provided by the firm, she is too busy doing the firm's tasks to be able to use said facilities.