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Is work life balance a mere concept without a proper solution??

Created by : ALEX FERNANDES, HR Manager, Spectrum consultancy ltd  | 12 16 2010 06:43:12 +0000
Industry : Human Resources (HR) ConsultingFunctional Area : Performance Management(People Management)
Keywords : indian companies work life balance indian mnc's worklife balance workplace policies work life balance concept
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If work is an activity done regularly for money, life is everything else. But there is more to life than work. The unhealthy imbalanced life choices of some people make work and life difficult.The highly competitive and busy scheduled corporate world has made 'work-life balance' a mere concept with little solution to practice especially in the IT world. So, what do you think people, Is work life balance a mere concept without a proper solution?? Do share your views on this..

  
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Yes...its just a concept, you work overtime, more than 10 hours a day, you are way too busy to get off your desk for a lunch break, so you starve instead; your best friend in the whole world is your colleague; you are so very "emotionally" attached to your job that you call the office your home and your colleagues your family; and you couldn't make it for your parents' anniversary or your child's sports day, all these are some of the often-said signs of overworking and lack of work-life balance.

All these things are just an outcome of improper work-life balance. It is absolutely meaningless when you workovertime to meet everyone's needs,but not your own and keep everyone happy, but not yourself. Ones should have the courage to say 'NO' to things that will take away his social life.
By ALEX FERNANDES, HR Manager, Spectrum consultancy ltd  12 16 2010 06:43:12 +0000
 
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Work life balance is a reality and not merely a concept. Egoistically, human beings tend to shift blame to the environment for their inherent weaknesses.

For instance, as an analogy, when we get sick then we often put blame relatively more upon the weather rather than our physical or mental state or our carelessness.

We need to find a way to maintain a work life balance but it is easier said than done. Ironically, we are not at fault for this state of mind, it is natural, so one should not cavil much on these issues. We should try with in the constraints to arrive at an acceptable level of work life balance as far as it is possible.

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By akshaya bhatia, HEAD IT, Mega Cabs-GROUP MEGA Co., In a transit mode now  12 16 2010 08:41:37 +0000
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it is not a concept about which a lot has been written and spoken. it is a thing one has to adopt depending upon one's position so that one can lead more comfortable and peaceful life.
By Shashi Kumar U, Manager accounts & commercial, Mazda Concrete Products Pvt Ltd  | 03 25 2011 04:24:25 +0000
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It's depend on anyone ability to handled this type of situations.
By Omkar Kulkarni, Accounts Officer, Minilec(India) Pvt Ltd  | 03 24 2011 12:45:58 +0000
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As compared to US (40 hrs a week+work free week ends) we tend to work 50-60 hrs a week in India. And If you are working in India forget about work free week-ends.
By Mansi Rastogi, B.A student, University of Delhi  | 03 24 2011 08:45:28 +0000
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Work Life balance is a concept, the employees in their pre marriage mislead the concept and try to strike balance post marriage. Secondly, every job has a tendency to get imbalanced at times but than its employees perspective how they strike balance with avaialble support from Organziation.
By Veena , Head HR, Kalki Communication Technologies  | 12 24 2010 07:25:50 +0000
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ya its just a concept without any proper solution.
By Chandra shekhar, Technical Writer/Quality Assurance, CMMI 3 Software Company, Hyderabad  | 12 23 2010 05:13:35 +0000
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Practically, yes. While such balance is the avowed mission of all progressive organisations, when push comes to shove it's given the go by.
By Debashis Gupta, Head - Control Assurance & Risk Management  | 12 23 2010 04:49:13 +0000
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Sir ....it is what he has asked......."Is work life balance a mere concept without a proper solution?? you are voting for the debate weather you are saying it concept....! or what ? Please make me clear.....!
By Atul kUMAR, Pharmacist/Chemist/Bio Chemist, A  | 12 19 2010 06:15:41 +0000
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Alex, you have touched very sensitive subject of balance. As anyone can understand, we all work, not because we like it, but because we have no other alternative. The person away from social or family life can definitely be more successful in profession than a person trying to find the perfect balance. My kind of balance may not be suitable for you and vice versa. But it really depends on the personality traits and the priorities of life one has set for him/herself. Same is contentious issue of JOB SATISFACTION. Here we can see the lot of people dissatisfied whether employed or unemployed. Many times finding a balance means loosing a job or loosing a fiancee !! Just joking !!
By suhaschandra deshpande, Marketing Associate  | 12 16 2010 17:46:25 +0000
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I agreed,One should first understand himself/herself as a better human being and family member as well as socially responsible,this should be managed and balanced,But it required balanced efforts ,there are not the similar circumstances for everyone to comment on this,Its just like a concept and it cant be applied with the fixed parameters and can be tried individually.........
By Atul kUMAR, Pharmacist/Chemist/Bio Chemist, A  | 12 16 2010 09:19:10 +0000
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This is an mere concept and nothing else, when you have life preferences you abondone work and when work is at preference you abondone life. This is concept because you have to take sample of a unspecified period for knowing your work life balance. During recession nobody thought of work life balance, everybody was just working their jobs, and now when you have options we talk about work life balance. I have not seen anybody who actually manages work life balance by himself.
By Amit Misra, Software Engineer -4 , Juniper Networks  | 12 16 2010 08:00:13 +0000
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Flexi timing is a way to keep the talent and mostly practiced in Product based organizations. Five day week concept is borrowed from Europe and america not an work life balance measure. Cumpolsory leave is an way to keep the balance sheet healthy.

 
By Amit Misra, Software Engineer -4 , Juniper Networks  | 12 16 2010 07:57:16 +0000
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Work Life Balance is something which an individual has to maintain. It is not something which a company offers to its employees. There are companies which offer proper balance of work for the employees, but even there many of them are not able to maintain the equilibrium. It completely depends on every individual.
By John Rambo R, Senior Analyst, Alp Consulting Ltd  | 03 24 2011 10:50:55 +0000
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Work life balance has to be a reality so that the individual does not burn up over a period of time. It may be difficult but we need to ensure that an appropriate balance is maintained.

Thanks for the referral, Alex....
By Badri N Srinivasan, Head - Quality, Valtech India Systems Pvt. Ltd.  | 12 25 2010 19:27:11 +0000
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Thanks for the referral Mr.Alex Fernandes. I will accept your views up to some extent.One should be able to strike the balance between the work and life and both can not be neglected since they are very indispensable for everybody's life.Of course I accept the views posted by friends from this side.
By NATTERAJA R. ARIKRISHNAN, GM-Projects, Bentec Electricals & Electronics Pvt. Ltd  | 12 18 2010 17:33:56 +0000
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Without work, there is no earning and without earning one will find it every difficult to live in the present highly competitive world. But all work and on play will make jack a dull boy this is the old proverb. So one has to strike a balance between both. To have a balance one should know how and when to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. it is the greed to have every thing and anything that leads to an unbalanced work and life relation. There are people who even if they are on holiday they worry or think about work. On should know where to put a full stop. One can not become an productive worker if one can not have proper life other than work.
By Shashi Kumar U, Manager accounts & commercial, Mazda Concrete Products Pvt Ltd  | 12 18 2010 05:00:50 +0000
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It is most certainly practical. But it is practical only to those who work with discipline, in a professional manner and feel passionately about their personal time. Putting in a 8 hour day constructively and achieving targets and at the same time having enough time for family and friends and attending to your needs in that circle also is certainly not difficult. Many have done it.
By RAMESH KANDADAI, Principal Consultant, ARM Consultants  | 12 16 2010 09:26:25 +0000
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Let us demystify 'Work-Life Balance' !

Work-Life Balance has become some kind of a cliche, and the more it figures in our talks, the less we seem to have of it. To begin with, the name itself is a misnomer.

Work is a part of life, how can we balance a part with the whole and is it not vain and futile to even try to do that ? What is actually aimed at, is a Work Life-Personal Life Balance, or more briefly and correctly, Work-Family Integration. But even that becomes unnecessary as a struggle when we have the right attitudes, rooted in right values which create right perceptions.

We do not need to get the happy balance in our lives, we merely have to remove the unhappy imbalance that is there in our minds. Stephen Covey knows it when he says, 'the way we look at the problems, is the problem'. We should realize that so long as people do not get along with themselves (which they won't until they take time to know and like themselves), they can never get along well with others.....

To read more, pls go to :

http://hansyoga-demystifyingwork-lifebalance.blogspot.com/

 

Hans Dholakia

www.hansyoga.com

Holistic Motivational Lifeskills Coach / Corp. Trainer

mails : hans@hansyoga.com
By Hans Dholakia, Founder-President, Holistic Health & Luminous Learning Inc.  | 12 16 2010 08:55:53 +0000
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The concept is very well being practiced in many companies including MNC one. Specific HR policies of flexi timing, paternity leave, 5 day work, compulsory vacation are towards making the concept a reality.
By Swapan Kumar Gorai, Head/VP/GM-Finance/Audit, Foster Wheeler Bengal Pvt Ltd  | 12 16 2010 07:32:24 +0000
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