How To Manage Stress in the Tech Industry: Introducing Work-Life Harmony – Via Appia Philippines’ New Normal

May 10, 2024

In today’s fast-paced tech industry, professionals often grapple with work-life balance. While ensuring our careers and personal lives coexist harmoniously is essential, a newer, more holistic approach is rapidly gaining recognition – Work-Life Harmony.

Work-Life Harmony is not merely an alternative to the traditional work-life balance concept; it’s an evolution of how we perceive the interplay between our professional and personal worlds.

Instead of rigidly segregating these spheres, work-life harmony encourages a more flexible, integrated approach. Furthermore, it comes with a surplus of benefits that can transform and impact your career and your life:

How does Work-Life Harmony look like at Via Appia Philippines?

Stress cannot be eliminated no matter what work setting. That’s why we help our employees manage stress at Via Appia through various initiatives that foster work-life harmony.

Since the pandemic, work-life harmony has been our new normal and default culture here at Via Appia Philippines.

Our goal is to let our people excel in their tech careers without sacrificing personal well-being. Our work arrangements, social activities, and leadership style enable them to achieve a satisfying career.

That’s the objective of work-life harmony, and that’s how we serve the Via Appia Community. It’s about reducing stress, increasing productivity, and finding fulfillment in professional and personal aspects of life.

In our organization, we wholeheartedly endorse the philosophy of work-life harmony. We believe a balanced and harmonious work environment is the key to nurturing a healthy and productive workforce where each employee is satisfied.

Here’s how we embody a culture of work-life harmony:

1. Flexible Work Arrangements

Our flexible work arrangements empower our employees to craft schedules that suit their unique life circumstances and needs.

This work arrangement enables our employees to get personal and work-related matters done. Whether you need to attend significant family events, pick up your kids from school, or be with your family to nurture the relationship, our flexible work options allow you to integrate personal and work-related matters. We understand that life can be unpredictable and messy sometimes, and we’re here to support our people in maintaining that balance.

2. Employee Engagement

While providing a flexible work arrangement is a practice not exclusive to our organization, what we take pride in is how we do employee engagement. We offer a variety of employee engagement. For example, we have engagements to nurture spirituality, foster camaraderie, relax, or simply to have fun and ease stress.

Work-life harmony is also about cultivating relationships in the workplace. Beyond work, we value the connections and relationships that flourish within our organization. Thus, we organize various social activities and team-building events that keep our employees engaged to maintain a vibrant, exciting, and inclusive work culture. Here are examples of what employee engagement looks like at Via Appia.

RTO made fun!

As the pandemic was slowly coming to an end, reporting onsite was starting to resurface. To help our employees adapt, the employee engagement committee at Via Appia kicked off fun-themed-onsite days to make RTO fun and exciting.

Taho Tuesdays

We arranged for a taho vendor to join us for a day to treat our employees. Not only did it fulfill their cravings, but it also provided an opportunity for our team to bond. Some even reminisced about their favorite taho stories, sharing nostalgic tales of chasing after Manong Taho during their childhood.

Sorbetes Wednesday

On a Wednesday, we delighted everyone with ‘sorbetes’! We brought in an ice cream vendor for the day to satisfy our employees’ cravings with a nostalgic treat. But this wasn’t your modern packaged ice cream; it was the classic childhood street-style coned delight that every kid loved.

Pizza Friday

One Friday, we decided to treat everyone to a delicious pizza feast! All of them enjoyed this classic office treat while others engaged in polite arguments about whether pineapples and pizza go together. It was a perfect blend of delicious slices and friendly banter.

We had a lot more themed-onsite days such as Kakanin & Palamig Wednesday, Tusok-Tusok Tuesday, Coffee, Donuts Wednesday, and Breakfast Wednesday. All these activities were meant to give our employees a fun and good headstart as our organization gradually introduces more Return-to-Office (RTO) days.

Industry Knowledge Sharing Sessions

At Via Appia we conduct Knowledge Sharing Sessions as a form of Employee engagement aimed for educating employees. Subject matter experts such as Project managers and consultants gather and share their insights and learnings from their recent projects.

They share with the audience how they handled challenging situations, brainstormed ideas and developed digital solutions for their clients. It was a productive and comprehensive social gathering that fostered innovation and collaboration. Everybody had a great time, learned a lot and enjoyed a delightful treat.

Peer Group Kamustahan

When you join Via Appia, you get to be a part of a peer group which comprises of members from different departments in the organization. So, you have your team from the department your assigned to and you have a peer group.

The goal is to foster meaningful conversations and nurture relationships that go beyond work. A safe space for individuals to talk about topics outside work and connect personally.

Some members treat their peer group as an additional social circle and go out together to spend time together. Check out our peer groups latest kamustahan gatherings.

Achieving work-life harmony is easy with healthy relationships. When you are surrounded by people who support you, have fun with you, and cheer for you, navigating professional and personal challenges becomes manageable.

3. Open Communication

Work-life harmony can thrive when you have leaders who are approachable and transparent with the team members. That’s why part of our efforts to enable work-life harmony is our open communication policy. This policy is also embodied by leaders. What this means is that leaders are approachable and always have an open door to adress any employee concern.

Via Appia leaders also often go the extra mile by being proactive and reaching out to their team members, themselves, to ensure no miscommunication. This policy reflects our commitment to our caring culture and seeing each team member as a cherished individual with unique needs & concerns.

Our leaders stand open and ready and ensure their team members are given the time, whether it’s for career or personal advice, ideas to share, or challenges you’re facing. They are attentive, listening intently, and readily providing assistance. Inclusivity is a common pracitce at Via Appia. Everyone’s voice matters here and we encourage it to shape our collective success

Via Appia’s Commitment to Employee Well-being and Success

Life outside work significantly influences career performance and overall well-being. This understanding has driven the development of our Via Appia work-life harmony culture.

Our culture enables our people to manage stress so they can flourish both in their professional and personal lives.

We steward an environment that prioritizes well-being and empowers them to excel in their respective career track in the technology industry.

We’re committed to helping them discover that ideal equilibrium between work and life where work-life harmony is not just a concept but a daily reality.

Thank you for reading and wishing you a productive and fruitful day ahead!

 

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