An Exploratory study on the Challenges Confronted by the Female Corporate Professionals Working in Banks to Maintain Balance in Work-Life during Pandemic

Abstract

The aspiration to succeed in career and simultaneously manage the demands of family which with the birth and looking after of children gets higher and it is much harder for women. This work-family clash becomes a consequential source of conflict and it's a challenge for the women to strike a balance. The purpose of this paper is to understand the work-life challenges of women working in the banking industry in this pandemic situation by looking at the initial literature and linking it to the current state through in-depth interviews. In this pandemic everyone is facing tough situations and changes that they have never faced and life is currently unpredictable for everyone regardless of their gender. Women working on the front line like banks and heath care sector are facing a lot of pressure due to this pandemic. Commuting long distances and traveling to offices and dealing with people in this time of highly contagious virus put these women working in banks under tremendous stress, as going back home they have to take of their children and other domestic chores and this puts their family members at high risk too. The lack of time spent with family, lesser scope of recreation in this time of pandemic and high work load is adding more stress to these female corporate professionals.