Work From Home (WFH) and Its Impact on Work-Life Balance (WLB) and Wellbeing

Abstract

COVID-19 has redefined flexible working arrangements. Work from home (WFH) has emerged as a reality, and most of the organizations in Saudi Arabia also adopted WFH, allowing employees to work from home or other locations. This research explores WFH and its impact on the wellbeing and the work family reconciliation of female workers in Saudi Arabia. This is a case study based on the unstructured in-depth interview of 13 women workers employed in the public and private sector in Saudi Arabia in the last two years. The study concluded that work from home has improved the overall wellbeing of the women workers because of the flexibility and freedom this type of work arrangement is offering. The women workers had better work-life balance (WLB) despite having higher level of stress and working longer hours.