Employee perception towards work from home in it sector

The present study emphasizes on the concept of Work from home in the IT sector and why have the organizations started accepting it in their work culture. Work from home maintains the work life balance for many employees which is a very important part of today's hectic life schedules. Many employers nowadays have realized the importance of this concept to make sure their workforce is happy and efficient at delivering the work. The main motive of any organization is to get the work done even if it's done by maintaining their employees work life balance by promoting the WFH concept. “WFH is a mutual settlement between employer and employee which can be also used in combination with other arrangements such as flexible hours, working part-time or hour-based time working”. The organization's goals will anyways be fulfilled if employees are working from home or from office, so why not be open for this option? The concept is currently being explored by many organizations across the Globe. The study shows the Advantages, Disadvantages, and certain Recommendations for Work from Home concept. This Research Methodology paper includes primary data over a sample survey of 94 employees belonging to IT sector across the Globe by creating extensive questionnaire using google form. The secondary data includes information gathered from research papers, articles, case studies available from the internet as well as from newspapers, magazines. It was observed that 86% of respondent from IT companies promote work from home. 94.7% of respondents are willing to work from home. 74.5% of respondents believe that female employees are intended more to work from home than male employees. Also 57.5% respondents agree that work from home increases productivity. Also, we analyzed that there was not much difference between gender perception towards WFH. Independent samples t-tests were conducted to analyze the data. The results indicate that there are no significant differences between various groups of employees across the various demographic variables. The smaller sample size could be the possible reason for the non-significant p-values. For further future research we will try to consider larger sample size to have significant values. WFH has many advantages, namely - less stressful environment, quieter atmosphere, long commute elimination, few distractions, increased productivity, saving money on fuel, a great work-life balance benefitting everyone: employers, employees and their families.