Companies will have to step up work life balance

            Having work life balance in European countries seems like a dream to many Canadians. Where in many other countries employees get flexible hours to work and can also work from home and get some paid vocations, it has been found that on an average a Canadian works 1,704 hours annually which is more than in Germany and Australia.

            But these days, in order to keep the younger talented workers, companies will have to implement the policies attract the talented workers because younger generation wants a clearer divisions between their work and personal life.

            Companies often want their employees to work more not less and work nearly 24/7 so that they can earn more and more profit. Not only this, workers not only work during their working hours but are also riveted to their smartphones doing the work of their office. But what workers want is their relaxed lunch breaks, spend time with their families instead of remaining glued to their smartphones or laptops. Companies offer many facilities to their employees like free meals and other services but they not give them such services to promote work life balance as their wish is to not allow their employees to leave their workplaces and work as much as possible. Experts say that the companies who will fail to implement the true work life balance strategies will not be able to attract and retain talented workers. According to the Information and Communication Technology Council, there will be shortage of workers in Canada and there won’t be enough qualified people to fulfill new jobs. (Sagan, 2016)