IS STRESS CAUSE TO IMBALANCED WORK LIFE BALANCE IN CORPORATE WORLD?

Life becomes tiring and meaningless when there is no time either for our self or for our family and friends. This leads to feeling of loneliness, frustration, anger and anguish. Chances of life going through a tough phase are high if one does not divide time between work life and personal life. Human life is a gift of God and one should endeavour to live this life happily and contended. But in this era of globalization, life is becoming stressful for a variety of reasons. Increased expectation of the employers from their employees is a major reason of stress among the employees. Expectation of promotion at workplace, maintaining high standard of living, etc are the other causes of stress among office goers. Peaceful domestic life with ample time for pursuing personal goals and spending adequate time with family and children are other anxiety areas. This calls for proper planning of day’s activity schedules at home and office and prioritizing them.  This will help in doing justice to both work life and personal life.  There should be proper scheduling of work at office. Spending quality time with loved ones and taking breaks from office work and holidaying with family help remove tensions and reduce stress. Organizations on their part should implements good human resources policies and best practices which can help staff to balance both aspects of life viz., personal life and work life.