ASA Quality Services – wellness program case study

ASA Quality Services Case Study: A Sustainable Wellness Program for a Small IT Team

ASA Quality Services, a software testing company of around 20 people, has always prioritized wellbeing, work-life balance and an active lifestyle. After outgrowing Excel-based challenges, it moved to YuMuuv and built a sustainable monthly program – with planned breaks, a mix of challenge types and a surprising lesson from its own survey: people care more about community than prizes.

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At a Glance

  • Company: ASA Quality Services, IT company specializing in software testing
  • Team: around 20 employees
  • Program: monthly individual, team and collective challenges, with two to three break months a year
  • Result: about 60% of employees sign up and about 40% complete the challenges, with team and collective formats driving the most participation

Background

In IT, people often spend long hours at their desks. ASA Quality Services wanted to help employees stay active, look after their health and keep a strong team spirit. It had promoted wellness informally before, but running challenges manually in Excel spreadsheets was cumbersome and hard to scale.

The Challenge

  • Too much manual work: tracking steps in spreadsheets took time and effort.
  • Long-term engagement: keep a small team motivated year after year.
  • Different devices: include people with and without fitness trackers.

How ASA Quality Services Uses YuMuuv

1. A Sustainable Rhythm

  • Monthly challenges cover different aspects of wellbeing.
  • Two to three break months a year, usually in summer and around the holidays, help people rest and come back motivated.

2. A Mix of Challenge Types

  • Individual challenges for personal goals.
  • Team challenges that build collaboration and camaraderie.
  • Collective challenges where the whole company works toward one shared goal, such as a total step count.

See YuMuuv challenge types explained for how each one works.

3. Rewards – and What the Survey Revealed

At first, the company rewarded people who reached their goals with company-branded sports t-shirts and also linked challenges to charity donations based on steps or participation. An internal survey then showed that rewards were not the main motivator: employees valued community, teamwork and their own health more than material prizes. So ASA Quality Services moved to smaller year-end appreciation prizes and put the focus on teamwork and wellbeing. More ideas: wellness challenge rewards guide.

4. Continuous Feedback

The company regularly asks employees which challenge types they enjoy, whether a month is the right length and how satisfied they are with the platform – and adjusts the program every year.

Results

  • About 60% of employees sign up for challenges.
  • About 40% complete them.
  • Team and collective challenges, such as the company-wide step challenge, drive the highest participation.
  • Less admin: automatic tracking replaced manual spreadsheets.

Why ASA Quality Services Values YuMuuv

  • Easy for employees and admins: people track progress with their own devices, and admins manage challenges and results with little effort.
  • Continuous development: new challenges and features keep the program fresh.
  • Wide device support: many fitness trackers are supported, and manual entry includes people without one – see device integrations.

Lessons and Next Steps

The team also shared improvement ideas: people without wearables sometimes forget to log activity manually, so stronger reminders would help, and very active people whose heart rate stays steady feel some formats undercount their effort – a reason to use a variety of metrics. Next, ASA Quality Services plans to refine challenge lengths and formats, add activities such as mindfulness, sleep and reading, and encourage more consistent participation.

Key Takeaways for Small Companies

  1. Plan breaks to keep a monthly rhythm sustainable.
  2. Mix individual, team and collective challenges.
  3. Ask your people what motivates them – it may not be prizes.
  4. Use feedback every year to adjust the program.

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