This study examines work-life balance among IT professionals. The objectives are to study the impact of stress, opportunities for balance, and the employer's role. Factors like work hours, workload, family responsibilities, and company policies can influence balance. Issues from ineffective balance include job and life dissatisfaction, stress, health problems, and failed family responsibilities. Effective strategies include balanced commitments, avoiding interruptions, self-acknowledgment, not rushing, prioritizing, and negotiating flexibility with understanding employers. The conclusion is that work-life balance is important for companies and professionals.

1. A study on the Work and life
Balance among IT Professionals
By
Sathya Narayanan.SR
Faculty in Business Administration
Sri Malolan College of Arts and Science
Madurantakam

2. WLB – Introduction:
The term work life balance was coined in
reaction to the unhealthy choices that many
employees were forced to work in favour for
long hours, thus neglected family, friends and
leisure time activities. The term ‘work life
balance ‘ has got familiar from 1970’s, In the
last few decades there has been a drastic
increase in the amount of research devoted to
understanding the linkages between work and
family or personal life.

3. WLB: Study Objectives
• To study about the impact of high level of
stress among IT Professionals.
• To study the scope for the achievement of
balanced work life
• To study the role of employer on these
perspective

4. Work Balance and Life Balance: Influencing Factors
• Work timings • Routing meeting
• Excess work load and • Work on holidays
No job sharing • Family care
• HR policy • Family business
• Boss Behaviour • Personal care and joy
• Frequent and Long • Emergency issues
travel

5. Problems Due to Ineffective Work-Life Balance
• Dissatisfaction in work
• Dissatisfaction in life
• Stress and Illness
• Spillover of work to home
• Behavioral/attitude changes
• Failures in family care

6. Effective WLB: Strategies
 Balanced Commitments
 Make Time to Avoid Interruptions
 Acknowledge our Accomplishments
 Avoid Rushing
 Stop Postpone
 Priorities
 Negotiate Flexibility
 Find an Understanding Employer

7. Conclusion
. The study of employee work life balance in IT industry is a useful
topic for opening up a range of familiar. More and more companies are
focusing on building and retaining a balanced workforce. Committed
professionals have a good chance of finding a company with balanced
values, and one which will value the holistic approach to life. Many
more companies are also becoming more open in accommodating
flexible working arrangements and work from home, which helps in
Work life balance.