2. Work Life Balance – BFSI
Conceptualized & Presented by:
Prashant Kumar, Smita Nahata, U. Sridevi
(PGDM Executive 09-10)
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3. Work, Home and Life
Work
Home Life
Colloquium – National HR Summit at IMT, Ghaziabad, 29th August 2009
4. Work, Home and Life
Work (Ambitions,
promotions, career
growth etc.)
Home
(Family, social
responsibilities etc.)
Life
Colloquium – National HR Summit at IMT, Ghaziabad, 29th August 2009
5. Work, Home and Life
Work (Ambitions,
promotions, career
growth etc.)
Home
(Family, social
pressure etc.)
Life
Colloquium – National HR Summit at IMT, Ghaziabad, 29th August 2009
6. When It Emerged
Pre 1980s Post 1980s
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7. BFSI industry
Banking, Financial Services & Insurance
• Banks: Huge customer demands as a part of
service sector
• Financial Services & Insurance: Tough sales
targets, tremendous pressure for meeting
deadlines
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8. Influencers of work life balance
Individual Organizational
Family demands Work culture
Social commitments Supervisor support
Commuting problems Team behavior
Excess work load HR policies (leaves,
medical facilities etc.)
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9. Questionnaire
Sl. No. Question
On a scale of 1 to 5, where would you put yourself in terms of maintaining a work
1 life balance?
2 Which of the following describes you? Single, Married, Married with dependents
3On an average how many hours per day do you spend at work?
4Do you find enough leisure time for yourself?
5Do you think BFSI sector in particular has a poor work life balance?
6Do you sleep enough, exercise, and eat food on time?
7Do you spend as much time as you like with your loved ones?
Which of the following individual/organisational level factors hinder the most in
8 your work life balance?
Individual: 1. Family demands, 2. Social Organisational: 1. Work culture, 2.
commitments, 3. Commuting problems, Supervisor support, 3. Team behaviour,
4. Excess work demand 4. HR policies (leaves, medical)
9Are you happy?
Do you think your organisation is providing enough support for you to balance
10 your work life? (eg. Flexible time, spouse & kid facilities)
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10. Questionnaire results
• Out of 15 respondents, 7 rated work life balance at 3, 6 rated work life balance at 2.
• Respondents : Single (7), Married (5), Married with dependents (3)
• Average work hours: 11
• Find leisure time: Only 5
• Work life balance difficult in BFSI sector: 10 Yes
• Enough sleep, exercise, food on time: Only 4
• Spend enough time with loved ones: 9
• Difficult work life balance due to Excess Work load: 8, Due to work culture: 10
• Happy? More than half
• Enough support from organization for proper work life balance: 50% Yes
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11. Balancing work & home to live life
• Manage time at work well
• Identify bottlenecks in work.
• Effective planning
• Practice saying ‘No’
• Develop positivity
• Art of Prioritizing family/personal
interests
• Develop strong family bonds –
dining together on every weekend,
mandatory holiday every year
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12. Destroyers of work life balance
• Unexpected stringent deadlines
• Inefficient team
• Workaholic superiors
• Overambitious personality
• Employee-unfriendly organization practices
• Family/organization crisis
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13. What can organization DO ???
• Employee-friendly HR policies – availing
leaves mandatory
• Setting realistic targets & promoting work
culture to attain WLB
• Extra Facilities – medical facilities, flexible
timing, child-care facility
• Training employees to counteract stress,
work-life conflicts, work force diversity
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14. Thank You
Questions?
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