Amazon
AMZN
is continuously making healthcare-related efforts to ensure the welfare of its workers and employees.
This is evident from the latest move of introducing the Resources for Living program — a mental health benefit for its employees and their families in the United States.
Notably, the company is offering free one-on-one counseling sessions, crisis and suicide prevention support. and access to a licensed mental health clinician under the new program.
Further, employees and their families will get access to a self-paced app that offers computerized Cognitive Behavior Therapy, personalized supports and mindfulness resources.
Additionally, the company is providing flexibilities of in-person, phone, video, or text conversations for the counseling sessions.
All the services have been made available 24×7 in order to deliver mental wellbeing to the employees of Amazon.
Growing Efforts
The latest move bodes well for the company’s strengthening endeavors toward gaining momentum among its workers.
Apart from the latest move, it recently announced the expansion of its virtual health pilot program, Amazon Care, to all of its employees in the United States.
Notably, Amazon Care offers both virtual and in-person care via app, chat and remote video. It also ensures follow-up visits and prescription drug delivery at an employee’s home and office.
Additionally, Amazon’s partnership with Crossover Health to launch in-person employee health clinics remains noteworthy. Currently, Amazon workers across 17 sites in Texas, Arizona, Kentucky, California and Michigan have access to the clinics.
We believe that all the efforts will favor the company in winningthe confidence of workers.
Wrapping Up
The above-mentioned moves reflect that Amazon is committed and sensitive toward its employees’s wellbeing.
We note that offering health benefits to employees during the pandemic holds much significance for Amazon.
Moreover, Amazon joins a number of companies, including
Alphabet
GOOGL
,
Microsoft
MSFT
,
Walmart
WMT
, Lowe’s Companies and Kroger, who are putting strong efforts to ensure the wellbeing of their employees and workers amid the pandemic.
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