#1 most frequent
United States of America
89.5%257 installations of 287
What is Virgin Pulse?
Virgin Pulse is an online platform that encourages employees to cultivate productive daily habits and a healthy company culture. It aims to improve employee productivity and corporate performance by supporting employee wellness. The three core pieces of the platform are: a tracking system for personal and workplace wellness metrics, a hub that connects to other HR programs, and a rewards engine.
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses Virgin Pulse
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1.7%5 installations of 287
#3 most frequent
Australia
0.7%2 installations of 287
Such a different approach to employee wellness
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
[Virgin Pulse] addressed a need in the business to improve employee engagement and at the same time [addressing] the need for increased wellness practices.
Pros
- Creates healthy competition in the business
- allows employee to track fitness and wellness methods
- allows employees to great teams to join and compete
Cons
- Create more ways for those who are not so fit to engage
- refine communication on challenges (spam mail)
- give tips to team leaders to boost team performance
Most Important Features
- Team collaboration
- fitness tracking
- meditation and wellness
Return on Investment
- Has improved employee morale
- created healthy competition between teams
- can be hard to drive app downloads
Other Software Used
Workplace from Meta
[In My Opinion,] AVOID Virgin Pulse!!
Pros
- Nothing because [I feel] they are horrible.
Cons
- Integrity and confidentiality
- Products
- Customer service
- Value
Most Important Features
- None
Return on Investment
- No ROI other than if the people chose not to use it, then the company saves money.
- [I believe] it causes people's personal information to be disseminated without any concern.
- [In my opinion,] they are not willing to help ever.
Other Software Used
Fitbit, Apple Health
My Virgin Pulse Review
Pros
- AMAZING app
- Great communications
- Awesome compatibility across systems/apps
Cons
- They could always keep adding more device compatibility
Return on Investment
- Though we could not see individual employee data, we were able to see who met their overall fitness goals/requirements that assisted in different awards for the year.
- Better moral/encouragement for employees to feel and be healthy
- AWESOME analytics team! They have worked with us to also learn new ways of thinking and strategies to attack some of the data
Alternatives Considered
Gilsbar
Virgin Pulse - Simple and Addicting!
Pros
- The mobile app is very easy to check into each day.
- The rewards platform was easy to use and rewards arrived timely.
- There were ways to be social within the platform. That was fun!
Cons
- Sometimes, my Fitbit and even my Max device would have issues synching.
- There weren't daily challenges, like the Fitbit. That made me have to use both apps, which was more work.
Return on Investment
- I don't have any information yet on this.
Great for employee performance
Pros
- Boosting performance
- Analyzing data
Cons
- I'd like if the interface was easier to use, it is great the way it is but sometimes it is a little confusing to new users.
Return on Investment
- ROI is good as it enhances peoples performance which benefits the business.