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Indian companies are enabling their employees to achieve work-life balance
Updated On: 27 February, 2023 10:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Nidhi Lodaya
Never have we lived in a time where the elusive “work-life” balance is so talked-about. And we found some companies, who with a few innovative techniques, are committed to meeting their employees half way in giving them what they so desire
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How would you react if your computer flashed a message reminding you that the work day was over, and it was time for you to finally go watch the sunset? Indore-based IT startup, Softgrid Computers, has been in the news for something just like that. Recently, Tanvi Khandelwal, an HR Specialist at Softgrid, took to LinkedIn to share a post that showed a warning on the computer screen. “Your shift is over. The office system will shut down in 10 mins. PLEASE GO HOME!”, the warning read. “The staff here has permission to go home once their shift is over. We have built a time-tracking software for the pop-up to appear as the shift is about to get over,” says Ajay Golani, CEO of the firm in a video interview with a news wire agency. “The basic motto is for employees to maintain a work-life balance so that they can spend time with their family and friends,” he adds.
According to the latest reports coming out of UK, about the largest four-day work week trial, employees are seeming less stressed and burned out. The findings of the trial, in which 61 companies participated, showed that the reported revenue largely stayed the same during the trial period from June to December 2022 and even grew compared with the same, six months earlier. “We feel really encouraged by the results, which showed the many ways companies were turning the four-day week from a dream into a realistic policy, with multiple benefits,” said David Frayne, research associate at the University of Cambridge, who helped lead the team conducting employee interviews for the trial. “We think there is a lot here that ought to motivate other companies and industries to give it a try.”
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