Do you think it is reasonable for a boss to enforce work-life harmony?

Work-life balance refers to how people manage the time they dedicate to work and the time they spend on other activities.
Work-life harmony involves incorporating work into the rest of life in a way that promotes happiness both at home and in the office.

Are they all just a part of different work cultures and workers should learn to adapt?

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Chin Guo Qiang (ITIL4 / CSPO / CSM)

02 Nov 2023

Assistant Vice President, IT Operations at Bank of China Limited

Work-life balance is 1 aspect that has to be managed delicately, being balanced does not mean productivity to the higher ups and immediate superiors.

On the contrary, it may be seen as doing just enough, which will in turn affect the year-end grading outcomes and reduced monetary rewards.

It will be more beneficial to have good work colleagues, that strive to make the work better without much penalty to work-life balance.

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Robin

16 Nov 2021

Administrator at SG

To me it is essentially the same. Solely depends on the type of work and industry that you are in. Some types of jobs have very good work-life balance but not very rewarding.

Others such as entrepreneurs, lawyers, bankers or doctors may require you spend more time in the work if you are in a progressive environment. To me, people who are in this bracket got to practice work-life harmony as their work will be demanding for a long term.

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1M45

16 Nov 2021

Totally unreasonable. Another fancy term to make you work extra and pay you lesser.

Pay me more...

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