point Work and Life Balance in the world of workoffice man“It has become a trend again on social media recently after Reuters reported that a small IT company in the central Indian city of Indore. have come up with amazing ways to ensure their employees can “Maintain work-life balance” by creating software to alert them when their shifts are up. and it’s time to go home
The software, dubbed “Softgrid Computers,” was installed as a notification system that triggers as soon as each worker’s shift ends. It will notify employees with a message through the computer screen of each person. which states that “WARNING!!! Your shift time is over. The office system will close in 10 minutes. PLEASE GO HOME!”
The measure comes amid increased focus and research on the negative effects of excessively long working hours. This has affected the health and relationships of workers around the world.
For example, the World Health Organization warned in 2021 that working 55 hours or more a week could lead to a 35% higher risk of stroke and a 17% higher risk of death from heart disease.
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“The idea is to give employees a good balance between life and work. so they can spend time with their family and loved ones.” Chief Executive Ajay Golani told Reuters partner ANI.
The drive to go home has created a lot of buzz on social media recently. When an employee named Tanvi Khandelwal shared a picture of the warning on his computer screen, he posted it on social media. together with the message in the post that
“This company has a special notice that breaks have ended. The software system locks my desktop and gives a warning to go home.” Her post received nearly 400,000 likes on social media last week.
Kritika Dubey, another of the company’s 40 employees, told ANI that the pop-ups help her get off work on time and complete other tasks. at home successfully
Looking back at the way of working for office workers in the capital of Thailand “Bangkok”, it was found that Bangkokians do not have a good balance between life and work. According to Getkisi statistics, last year’s Work-Life Balance Index 2022 identified Bangkok as a city with a poor life balance. It ranks 96 out of a survey of 100 cities worldwide.
The top 5 cities with the best work-life balance in the world are:
- 1st place in Oslo, Norway
- 2nd place Bern, Switzerland
- 3rd place in Helsinki Finland
- 4th place in Zurich, Switzerland
- 5th place in Copenhagen Denmark
However, the above Indian company’s approach to promoting work-life balance in its employees is considered a good idea to take care of employees’ health. and it can be a model for other companies it can also be applied
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References: Reuters, Getkisi
