Authors:

Shabnam Gurung

Abstract:

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a drastic change in the working pattern of work everywhere in various organizations and has also affected the individual’s life. This pandemic has come out with the concept of New Normal and work-from-home is now a normal concept among people. The purpose of this research paper is to understand the impact on work-life balance in work from home scenario due to the Covid-19 pandemic and also study the job satisfaction of the employees while working from home. The researcher has collected the data from 400 respondents who are working in the education sector, information technology sector and communication sector in Maharashtra, India. These samples were selected by the Stratified Random Sampling Method. This research focuses on the various problems faced by the employees while working from home and also study the impact of these problems on performance and efficiency of the employees. Instead of staying productive and self-motivated while work-from-home respondents were actually struggling to maintain the balance between professional and personal life. The cut-off in salary and fear of losing a job due to this pandemic becomes one of the reasons for employee’s job dissatisfaction.

Keywords:

Covid-19, Work life, Personal life, online work responsibilities, Maharashtra, Work-from-home

Vol & Issue:

VOL.14, ISSUE No.2, June 2022