This MP-Based IT Firm Sends Reminders To Employees To Head Home After Working Hours

Many employees worldwide are concerned about juggling work and personal lives. Working late and having little to no time for personal engagements can easily harm a person's mental health. Many in the corporate space have tried to battle with the inevitable absorbing nature of work, but only a few have come out victorious.

IT Company Reminds Employees To Head Home Past Working Hours

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Seeing the struggles of their employees, a Madhya Pradesh-based IT company has come up with an idea to prevent its employees from working late. HR specialist, Tanvi Khandelwal shared a glimpse of how her company helps its employees maintain a work-life balance.

She shared an image of herself in front of her office computer with a reminder popping up that read, "Warning!!! Your shift time is over. The office system will shut down in 10 mins. Please go home!"

Khandelwal explained, "My employer supports #WorkLifeBalance. They put this special Reminder, which locks my desktop after business hours and issues a warning." She remarked, "This is not a promotional and imaginary post ! This is the reality of our office !! SoftGrid Computers."

She clarifies how the company wants its employees to not attend any calls, emails, or messages outside of working hours, which is quite uncommon in most corporate offices. She wrote, "Isn't this fantastic? So, I think if you are working in this type of culture , you do not need any Monday Motivation or Fun Friday to improve your mood!"

"And this is a reality of our office!! Yes in this era we believe in flexible working hours and happy environment. Cheers to all of us!!" continued Khandelwal.

Some People Felt That This Company Policy Would Stress Them Even More

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People online gave mixed reactions to this policy. While some were in favour of such a rule, others felt it would burden them more. One user wrote, ¡°I love your work culture,¡± while another thought, ¡°This is reverse psychology which will create pressure to meet deadlines early. ¡° One felt that the idea would not work as well in practice, ¡°As others mentioned this thing should not be forced and rather the company and all the stakeholders involved must adapt to maintaining a good work life balance. This definitely is a bad decision by your company.¡±

One fellow mentioned how she would be stressed instead, ¡°This would stress me out!!! I may be just finishing up a project or an email and get locked out. Set the culture for work life balance and let staff decide for themselves what that looks like for them within those parameters."