WORK LIFE BALANCE
Srishti Pathak
PGDMFT-88
BULMIM (2017-2019)

Work-Life Balance
“A comfortable state of equilibrium achieved between an employee’s
primary priorities of their employment position and their private lifestyle.”

Is Work & Life same for all?

Of Course!

NOT.

What is work to you?
- For me it is, earning a
sufficient amount of money
which I can use to fulfill my
needs and wants/desires.
What is life to you?
“YOUR PRIVATE LIFESTYLE”
- For me it is, traveling, spending time with
my family, watching movies, reading
books, chit-chatting with friends etc.
And most importantly - Keeping myself
healthy to enjoy the day-to-day activities.

Therefore, the meaning of Work-Life
Balance is also different for all of us.

Also,
WLB needs to be looked in the
context of four segments, Family,
Self, Work and Friends - Mutually
dependent on one another.

-Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Don’t confuse having a career with having a life.”

Almost 3 out of 5
Employees think
that interruptions
from employer
texts and emails
are killing
mealtime with
family.

Purveyors of Bad-Life Balance
Bad Bosses - 60%
Constant Overtime - 39%
Inflexible Work Schedules - 39%
Incompetent Colleagues - 31%
Long Commutes - 30%
Unproductive Meetings - 26%
Employer-issued devices that can’t be turned off - 23%
Non-Stop Emails - 18%
Bad Clients - 15%
Something Else - 6%

Employees AWOL
31% - Strongly Disagree
12% - Strongly Agree
31% - Somewhat Disagree
26% - Somewhat Agree
Nearly Two in Five
Employees confess to
missing birthdays,
anniversaries, weddings
and more, because of
work.

What Employees Can Do?
Flexible Work Schedules - 60%
Remote Working - 39%
Unlimited PTO - 39%
Restrictions on Email Response Timings - 31%
Meeting Free time - 30%
Something Else - 26%
Nothing - 23%
• More than anything
else, employees want
more control over
when and where they
work.

HR Solutions to Work-Life Balance
On-the-Job Training
• Surveys pf Employees’ Work/Life issues
• Set priorities for all work
• Train line managers to recognize signs of overwork
• Seminars on Work-Life Balance

HR Solutions to Work-Life Balance
Make Work More Flexible
• Flex Time
• Job Sharing
• Sponsoring employees’ family-oriented activities
Allow for Time Off from Work
• A formal leave policy
• Leave due to personal problems (child, spouse, family)
• Leave for community service

THANK YOU :)