How you can give your employees work-life balance

We recently read an interesting news article somewhere and we are sure you must have read it too, especially if you're someone who likes to keep yourself updated online. It was about a CEO who quit a $68 billion firm to go sit on a beach and do nothing. Sounds funny, right? But we think it's the first time a CEO made an unquestionably right decision. Why? Because he chose happiness over his job.

Now the question is "Can we all also do what he did?" The answer is "No, we can't!" Reasons to justify this could be many, but if we have to narrow it down to one, it would be paying our bills. Yes, bills! Also, as responsible human beings, we have to think about our families and our economies too! But if we are going to the ones thinking about everything. Who is going to think about us and our mental health?

Employers, HEAR US OUT! This article is for you. It was for you all along. We have some tips that would help you stop your employees from doing "Something Funny!"

Design an innovative and thoughtful workspace that makes your employees stay happy and engaged. Make it agile, embrace technology and use acoustics in it. If you need help with acoustics, we are here for you! ...Ok now, that's enough marketing for today! Let's move on to our next tip.

Offer flexible and remote working because employees love it when you empower them to manage their own time. They feel valued when they know they can finish earlier get their rice cooker fixed or see a physician when needed, safe in the knowledge that their boss knows that they'll still get their job done on time.

Sometimes team chatter and phones can be overwhelming so maybe encouraging your employees to take a break or a walk or both would be a nice thing to do.

Ask your employees about their weekend plans and give them recommendations for places to chill and eat. Never ever burden them with an extra load of work.

Often companies lose out on great talent because they can't ensure if the mums and dads in their office are getting enough work-life balance. If you understand this and help them spend more time with their children chances are they'll stay longer with your organisation.

These are small and simple things and often doing small and simple things brings a big change. Even if they don't bring a big change, they are easier to do? Right? So, you might as well give them a try. ??