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Your team's work habits are costing you $14,100 per person. Every year.
We asked 800 Canadian employees how work shapes their health. 56% want healthier habits, but their workday gets in the way. And it shows up on your bottom line.
Get the full study: the numbers behind the cost, and the simple changes that win it back.
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The cost you don't see on a balance sheet
Sitting all day, answering messages at night, quietly burning out. Every one of these habits has a price, and it's already on your books.
$14,100
lost per employee per year to absenteeism and lower productivity
32%
of employees were considering leaving their job
3.6 days
lost per employee in three months to stress-related sick leave
Source: Shaped by Work, Alan x Pollfish, May 2025. Cost based on Statistics Canada's 2024 average hourly wage.
Source: Shaped by Work, Alan x Pollfish, May 2025. Cost based on Statistics Canada's 2024 average hourly wage.
What 800 Canadian employees told us
Original Alan research with Pollfish, May 2025. A nationally representative sample of 800 Canadian workers at a 95% confidence level.
62% sit for more than six hours a day
44% report physical discomfort, and 27% say their energy and focus drop.
69% check work messages after hours
Only 25% have healthy digital boundaries. The result is burnout, lower focus and invisible overtime.
56% want healthier habits but can't keep them
Your people aren't resisting change. They're asking for better tools, better environments and better leadership.
Four habits costing you money, and how to fix them
None of these need a big program to change. They need the right nudge, built into your team's week.
Stuck in place
1 in 20 employees sits for more than ten hours a day, and 16% face frequent mental fatigue.
How Alan helps: Alan Play turns movement into a team game. Up to 80% of employees join the step challenges.
Always on, always under pressure
When work never stops, focus drops and overtime goes unseen.
How Alan helps: team challenges give people a reason to step away from the screen and move, together.
Connection cracks
Employees lose 1.1 hours of productive work a week to loneliness at work.
How Alan helps: Alan Play challenges are done as a team. 8 in 10 HR leaders say they strengthen team bonds.
Stress as a constant companion
53% of people thinking about leaving name stress, burnout or work-life imbalance as the reason.
How Alan helps: show your team you've got their back, with group health insurance and everyday prevention in one simple app.
Win back the $14,100
In a 30-minute demo, we'll show you how Alan brings group health insurance and everyday prevention into one app your team actually opens.
Up to 80% of employees join Alan Play team challenges, walking 20,000+ extra steps a month. And 8 in 10 HR leaders say it strengthens team bonds.
86% of employees expect their company to support their wellbeing. Let's make that easy for you.
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