Work-Life Balance Among the IT Professionals During Covid-19

Abstract

Work-life balance is highly desirable and involves maintaining equilibrium between professional and personal work. With the onset of a novel coronavirus pandemic, the workforce has seen unprecedented changes. Instead of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India implemented a nationwide lockdown and several isolation policies. IT industry has seen a massive increase in work from home policy. Many companies permanently shift working patterns to embrace remote working. Because of this lockdown, many employees working in this sector have experienced psychological distress. With companies expecting their employees to perform with the same productivity, worklife balance has taken a toll. It becomes imperative to identify the factors that most influence the balance. The responses are collected from employees across the IT industry in various regions of India. Factor analysis is employed to identify the most and least important factors that affect work-life balance during COVID-19 lockdown.