Blog 02 : Managing Work-Life Balance in Banking Professionals
Introduction
The banking sector is extremely high pressure with employees often facing long working hours and challenging performance targets. Although technological advancements have significantly make operations smooth and improved overall efficiency, they have also increased the boundary between professional responsibilities and personal life. In such a scenario, managing work-life balance has emerged as an important HRM challenge in banking (Guest, 2017). As a result, employee well-being for sustainable organizational performance has become important, while ensuring productivity at the same time.
Work life balance can be defined as an employee’s ability to give sufficient time and energy to both their professional duties and personal responsibilities. In the banking industry, factors such as long working hours, high customer expectations, and pressure to comply with regulations are major factors which leads to stress and burnout among employees.HR professionals should play a strategic role in addressing these challenges through policies guaranteeing flexibility, wellness, and engagement. (Greenhaus and Allen, 2011).
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The
ability of the employee to invest sufficient time and energy in work as well as
in personal responsibilities can be defined as Work-life balance. Some issues
related to long hours of work, customers' expectations, and pressure for
compliance may act as key issues for stress and burnout in the banking
industry. HR professionals should play a strategic role in addressing these
challenges through policies guaranteeing flexibility, wellness, and engagement. (Greenhaus and Allen, 2011).
The
balanced workforce is happier, and it is more productive and loyal, too. According
to some researches, it shows that employees with better work-life balance show
higher job satisfaction and lower turnover intention. Work-life harmony in
banks, therefore, presents a moral and strategic imperative to perform better
in the recruitment and retention of skilled personnel. (Haar et al., 2014).
Conclusion
Work-life
balance in today's fast-paced banking world is no longer optional but a need.
The needs of all employees can be recognized by adopting holistic and flexible
strategies by the HR managers of the instituion. Embedding work-life balance
initiatives into organizational culture helps banks foster better employee
well-being, high performance, and build a resilient workforce for the future.
References
1. Deloitte, 2022. Global Human Capital Trends 2022: The Social Enterprise in a World Disrupted. Deloitte Insights.
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4. Kumar,
R. & Mishra, S. (2020) ‘Work-life balance and job stress among banking
professionals in India’, International Journal of Management Studies.
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