It’s worth asking: does the concept of a work-life balance really exist? And when you are interviewing for a company, what are questions that you should ask to find out if they value work-life balance without making it seem that you are not a hard worker?
Well, some people maintain the work-life balance is something of a myth, especially in the modern world. However, if you want to learn more about how a company views work-life issues, you don’t necessarily have to do it in the interview. It might be a better idea talk to employees who currently work there. You can get on their website and learn about them and their values, but this tells you what they say about it rather than how they actually live.
It can be very important to watch the way employees work and then talk to them about hours they worked, extent of travel, work at nights, work on weekends, to see how much of this is standard or how much is periodic and not necessarily all the time.
Anyone can work extra hours occasionally but what you are trying to learn is how much of this is regular, everyday life and is likely to happen to you. In addition to this, you should observe and ask questions about the managers. It is definitely worth finding out if they seem to have any work-life balance or do they live at the firm? This will tell you what they are modelling for others to do while at the company.
A work-life balance is very important so this is something that should be taken very seriously if you want to have good job satisfaction.
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