Launching a pet day care was the last thing on the mind of 29-year-old Chennai resident Parthiban Suryakumar. When finally he could not take the frustration and stress associated with his tech support job at one of the largest IT firms in the city, he quit and decided that he will no longer continue with his society and family-approved “IT job”.

More and more employees today are demanding a better work-life balance over salary and perks as the quality of life in India has steadily gone down in recent years. Employees’ salaries and hikes have been on the rise but this has blurred the lines between professional life and personal life. The increased compensation has also increased the expectation that employees are now at the beck and call of the company and the client.



While this has always been the case, the older or more experienced workers also admit that they had it much easier when they were younger. The current generation has more options to enhance their lives but ends up frustrated when it is not possible to do so. Now managers are being told to be extra sensitive to the employee’s needs which results in an additional load on the middle management.

With the raging pandemic in the past couple of years, it has become difficult for the HR department of companies to try and arrange any activities that would help elevate the mood or give employees a glimmer of hope that things will get better.

In the case of Parthiban Suryakumar, things took a nasty turn when he was asked to come to the office or quit after the company ended the work from home option. He chose to quit as he was already frustrated with the amount of work, lack of social life and most importantly the inability to find a pet day care centre for his Shi Tzu, Peppa.

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