[clintonb]

Why are you prioritizing sleep? What data supports this prioritization?

I’ve had companies offer wellness benefits for fitness classes, massages, etc. Sleep benefit sounds nice, but it seems a bit too encroaching into my literal personal space.

If you want people to sleep more, give them less work. Disconnect them from Slack and email, as you’ve proposed.

The sleep benefit doesn’t quite sit well with me.

P.S. Just because the company offers the benefit doesn't mean people will make use of the new bedding, app, etc.

[jackcodes]

Point taken - this is as valuable an opinion as any other. I'd love for an empoloyer to care about it enough to 'put their money where their mouth' is when it comes to making sure I'm looking out for myself sleep wise, but I wholeheartedly accept this stance.

ref:

[0] Sleep deprivation: Impact on cognitive performance https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656292/

[1] Need for Sleep: the Impact of a Night of SleepDeprivation on Novice Developers’Performance https://arxiv.org/pdf/1805.02544.pdf

[2] Personal anecdata