Employees often view their pets as family and are willing to go to great lengths to care for them. Recognizing the unique bond that employees have with their pets, enterprise application software SAP has expanded its pet insurance and bereavement programs to offer comprehensive pet health and wellness benefits to full-time employees in North America.
“We had a workshop over the summer, where we were really looking at our work-life policies,” says Jason Russell, SAP’s head of North America total rewards. “The feedback from that session was we should have a bereavement leave for pets. It really got us thinking about pet wellness and offering more in that space, and that led to the conversation with Petco.”
