Work Life Balance and Work From Home

Fahmi Idris Sitompul, Abdhy Aulia Adnans, Sherry Hadiyani

Abstract


The spread of Covid-19 for 2 years in Indonesia forced organizations to change the way they work to survive in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the policies taken is to implement a work from home policy. PT Prima Terminal Petikemas is one of the companies that implement work from home due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Work from home can be interpreted as an alternative work arrangement where employees can do work from home. In Indonesia, working from home is a new thing for employees. This research aimed to determine the level of work life balance at PT Prima Terminal Petikemas during work from home. The sample in this styduy were 55 employees of PT Prima Terminal Petikemas. This research used One Way ANOVA analysis and statistic descriptive. The sampling technique used in this research is saturation sampling method. The data were collecterd by usidng questionnaires and then analyzed by using SPSS version 26.0 for windows and Smart PLS 3.2.9. The results of this research showed that the majority of the subjects were able to balance well bethween their personal life and work while working from home. The results of this research can also be used as a basis for companies to be able to maintain consistency in presenting a conducive work atmosphere, giving employees the freedom to set their working hours, and providing time management training so that employees can determine priorities while working from home.

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Work life balance, work from home

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.52155/ijpsat.v33.2.4467

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