WORK LIFE BALANCE IN IT INDUSTRY

Abstract

Work Life Balance is a topic of interest to almost everyone with a professional career due to its reflection on all aspects of life. Work Life Balance is a key part of the Human Resource Management of an organization as it helps an organization to create synergy between organisational and individual goals of an employee. It leads to employee satisfaction, improved productivity and increased employee engagement. Increased focus and pressure on higher effectiveness, efficiency and productivity has become imperative for the sustainability of all organizations. Balancing work and personal life has now become more challenging for all the professionals. The contemporary workplace is marked by a landscape of rapid technological evolution, escalating work pressures, constant deadlines, the emergence of remote working models, and changing demographic profile among employees. These dynamics underscore the growing pertinence of work-life balance within modern organizational structures. Concurrently, economic recession has led to cost-cutting measures, including the reduction or elimination of work-life balance initiatives, leading to rising employee dissatisfaction. Contrarily, shifts in employee demographics, characterized by increased disposable incomes and enhanced living standards, have elevated expectations for a better integration of professional and personal life. This evolving scenario necessitates a new paradigm, enabling organizations to meet the legitimate life-related needs of their workforce. The firms can help their employees in managing work life balance through various policies like job sharing, child care facilities, flexible working hours, elder care facilities and even holiday packages for travelling for their entire family. Despite the increased focus on work-life balance in recent times, there's a significant journey ahead in fully addressing these concerns. Information Technology industry is the core industry in current scenario. India is considered one of the biggest IT capitals and all major IT players have their presence in India. In this research paper, we aim to examine various factors affecting the work-life balance of respondents. The influence of work life balance on their personal, social, family, environmental and psychological outlook have been made. This study is focused towards the work-life balance of professionals working in IT sector in India. It includes the study on investigating the association between work-life balance and work related variables