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Keep your core talents in mind, when evaluating your work-life balance.
The following scale should be completed by each employee individually. It provides an overview of different areas of work-life balance. Please insert your answer to each question on a scale of 1 to 5.
Items | Rating |
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Personal life suffers because of work |
Totally agree do not agree |
Job makes personal life difficult |
Totally agree do not agree |
Neglect personal needs because of work |
Totally agree do not agree |
Put personal life on hold for work |
Totally agree do not agree |
Miss personal activities because of work |
Totally agree do not agree |
Struggle to juggle work and non-work |
Totally agree do not agree |
Happy with the amount of time for non-work activities |
Totally agree do not agree |
Personal life drains me of energy for work |
Totally agree do not agree |
Too tired to be effective at work |
Totally agree do not agree |
My work suffers because of my personal life |
Totally agree do not agree |
Hard to work because of personal matters |
Totally agree do not agree |
Personal life gives me energy for my job |
Totally agree do not agree |
Job gives me energy to pursue personal activities |
Totally agree do not agree |
Better mood at work because of personal life |
Totally agree do not agree |
Better mood because of my job |
Totally agree do not agree |
Average |
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The following section deals with the professional part of work life balance. Please discuss the following areas together. Go through the questions and comment on the needed measures.
Employee Score (1-5) | Employer Score (1-5) | RAG Rating | ||
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Workload | ||||
Flexibility in the working time | ||||
Flexible working models (location) | ||||
Meals at work | ||||
Childcare | ||||
Sport and health promotion measures | ||||
Support for Cultural activities | ||||
Open category for further demands |
RAG Rating | Numerical Score | Action Required |
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Red |
1 – 8 |
Under-performance and required immediate action – discussion with employee and agree how you can improve the rating. Look to the Talent4LIFE handbook for guidance and advice. |
Amber |
9 – 14 |
An early warning that performance might be going off-track – check in, discuss the rating, and review at next meeting. |
Green |
15 – 25 |
Performance is on track; ensure support that drives this performance remains in place and seek areas for continuous improvement. |
The right level of workload is crucial for work-life balance satisfaction and health. Too high a workload can lead to burnout syndrome, too low a workload to boreout syndrome.
Would you like to change your level of workload?
If yes, which of the following changes would you like?
Flexibility in working time means that an agreement between the employer and the employee upon modern, flexible working time can be made. Innovative working time models are for instance:
If yes, which of the following innovative Working time models fits your needs?
Flexible working models describe change especially in the fields where the employee can work. Flexible working locations include home office (= working from home); hybrid models to work part time at home and part time at work; Remote working models (= working in any other location than the office, which the employee can select); Working in Co-working spaces.
If yes, which of the following innovative Working models fits your needs?
The employer provides meals to employees during the work shift. The variety offered can include healthy snacks such as fruits & vegetables, vegetarian food, high quality regional food, etc.
If yes, which type of meals do you prefer?
On-site childcare benefits (nursery, kindergarten, afternoon care) at the company are significant for the employee and employer alike. When an employer offers this, it shows employees that they are valuable and deserve the convenience of availing an on-site childcare facility. For workers with children, adequate childcare is necessary to enable a good working environment. This offers a medium for great motivation amongst employees and in turn, boosts the growth of the business as well.
If yes, which type of childcare offers do you prefer?
Sport and health promoting measures describe the offer of companies where employees can participate in organised sport activities (running club, cycling group, etc.) or the company sponsors activities in sport offers (gym, yoga-course, etc.). Also the offer of health-promoting programs belongs to this sector (Lectures, health days, occupational safety, prophylaxis measures, consultation times with the company doctor).
If yes, which type of offers do you prefer?
This sector describes the sponsoring/organisation of employer activities which are related to cultural activities or other offers for the leisure time.
A good work-life balance is crucial for the well-being of each individual employee and is part of employee development. Work-life balance measures need to be aligned with both sides - employer and employee - in order to benefit.
This work-life balance scale provides you with a state of the art of your work-life balance. A score of 4.00 and higher indicates a good work-life balance, whereas a low number (2.00 and below) indicates a high need for action to improve your work-life balance. The results in between show a tendency and leave room for work-life balance improvement.
To improve your work-life balance from a professional perspective, you discussed different areas within your company. The agreed measures are summarised below.
YOUR WORK-LIFE BALANCE | ||||
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Category | Measures | Comments | Rating | |
Workload | ||||
Flexibility in the working time | ||||
Flexible working models (location) | ||||
Meals at work | ||||
Childcare | ||||
Sport and health promotion measures | ||||
Support for Cultural activities |