Effects of work-life harmony interventions on employees in the FMCG industry

In the advent of globalization, employees today find themselves immersed in increasingly demanding work conditions characterized by longer working hours and heightened amount of workload (Sturges & Guest, 2004). Companies have flagged work-life conflict as one of the most pressing issues in the workplace today. To address this issue, companies nowadays promote work-life balance initiatives. However, current studies advocate Work-Life Harmony instead wherein the main goal is to have an integration of both work and life instead of trying to find balance between the two. The researchers conducted a qualitative case study wherein they interviewed 15 employees from a single multinational FMCG company in the Philippines who experienced the working conditions of the company before and after the implementation of the work-life harmony. Through this, the researchers were able to determine the differences in the disposition of the employees pre and post implementation of the work-life harmony initiatives. The researchers found out that work-life harmony program. However, despite the implementation of such program, the researchers recognized that it still needs some improvement. Most of the solutions were only addressing work-life conflict in the surface. Human resources should consider other factors such as pro-active involvement of upper management, seminars to ensure continuous engagement and awareness of employees regarding the programs, and well-grounded organizational practices to achieve a sustainable and effective work-life harmony program for employees in a FMCG company, and thus ensuring an increase productivity and job satisfaction