If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it is that pet therapy is far cheaper than actual therapy.
(This is the sad truth.)
For two companies in particular, they may be having furry friends at their workplace come 2023, if a corporate wellness programme kickstarted by Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) goes through.
The animal welfare organisation hopes that these dogs and cats can help alleviate stress in workers.
Mental Health and Pets
In the past two years, there has been greater awareness about the importance of mental health.
The pandemic has been stressful in a multitude of ways; it has made people more isolated than ever, especially when we were told to work from home and social gatherings were near impossible, and with more time available to us, we have slowed down to genuinely think about our priorities in life.
Seriously, IMH has never seen such a high number of calls.
That being said, one of the contributing factors to mental health and well-being is workplace stress.
SPCA believes that having animals at work can be a source of stress relief for employees.
What’s more, this corporate wellness programme also gives employees and stray animals a chance to interact with each other. If employees manage to form a connection with these animals, they may decide to adopt it.
The executive director of SPCA, Ms Aarthi Sankar, said that the finer details of the programme need to be ironed out. Â
In order to ensure that both the animals and workers are safe, the company and the animal welfare organisation need to make sure that the workplace environment is suitable for animals.
There are also employees who may have allergies to take into consideration.
Landlords of the office space need to approve of the animals’ presence too.
Ms Sankar added that if the employees are not comfortable with dogs—be it out of preference or religious reasons—SPCA can bring over cats instead.
Comfort is the main objective of the programme after all.
Thus far, two companies have expressed their interest towards the programme.Â
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