Authors:

Anjali Gokhru, Siddhartha Saxena

Abstract:

Modern life can be summed up as ‘work’ for most parts. Ideally, one of the differences lies in working from the office or working from home; although observing the modern workplace relations, work is a blurred concept. Professionals and employees are constantly working. So much so that work has occupied their weekends, leave days, sick leaves and even vacation time.Presenteeism means being present at the workplace for more hours than is required. What millennials are facing now is Presenteeism but outside the office. The study focuses on understanding the manifestation of the culture of overwork in the Indian IT sector.The findings indicate that overwork happens during vacation days, leave days, after reaching home, while commuting- a lot of places outside the common work area. Twelve factors were identified that contributes to overwork viz., blurred line, insecure, adjustment, expectation, new project, time zone, role, love job, lose job, impress boss, promotion and no delegation. Out of these time zone, role, impress boss and no delegation contribute significantly to overwork.

Keywords:

Culture, Overwork, Regression

Vol & Issue:

VOL.14, ISSUE No.Special Issue 1, january 2022