The life of an accountant is, by and large, a sedentary one — you don't often break a sweat or get your heart rate up while ticking and tying or completing a tax return — and that's a major reason that the top workplaces in accounting give their employees plenty of opportunities and resources for getting physical.
These can run the gamut from breakroom games to full-on workouts. ATKG in Texas offers a good example of the range, with its ping pong table, selection of yard games, putting green, and the bicycles and helmets it makes available for staff to use on the city park trails that are adjacent to its property. (Crucially, it also offers shower facilities to clean up before returning to work.)
California's Navolio & Tallman also has a ping pong table, arcade games and a putting green, plus there is also a gym located in their building that employees can use for free — an amenity that more and more of the Best Firms are adding.
Another way to get their blood pumping is through firm-sponsored teams, like the kickball and volleyball teams at Upstate New York's Insero & Co. CPAs, or the teams it fields for the Chase Corporate Challenge. The firm also mixes physical activities like rock climbing, ice skating and snow tubing into its roster of fun events, helping balance out the ice cream socials and happy hours.
All of these are great ways to keep employees moving, and make an important addition to firms' focus on wellbeing. But helping staff keep fit and stay healthy isn't the only reason to encourage them to get moving together — there's also the camaraderie that comes along with it.
As Maryland-based E. Cohen & Co. explained, "We encourage employees to join our E. Cohen soccer and softball teams as opportunities to stay healthy, active and build stronger bonds through non-work team activities."
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