The present paper intends to achieve a comparison regarding work-life balance of high-skilled\nemployees in five services sectors in Romania: advertising-marketing, IT&C, financial-banking,\nresearch & development, higher education. The research methodology is specific to a qualitative\nresearch, consisting of in-depth face-to-face interviews with high-skilled employees without\nmanagerial functions and managers of the above mentioned five sectors services. The paper\nbegins with a literature review on a significant dimension of the employeesââ?¬â?¢ life quality,\nspecifically the work-life balance, followed by a comparative statistical data analysis on the\ncurrent situation of work-life balance in European countries. The results of the conducted field\nresearch showed that regarding work-life balance related to the necessity to provide some\nhours of oneââ?¬â?¢s free time in order to finish work duties, the best situation was found in IT&C\nsector and R&D sector (where none of the interviewees works in his free time and the\nemployeesââ?¬â?¢ personal lives are not affected), followed by banking sector, where half of the\ninterviewees work in their free time, in order to finish their tasks, then higher-education sector,\nwhere the majority claims to be working frequently after finishing teaching, in order to solve\nwork tasks ââ?¬â?? preparing lectures, research or administrative activities, coordinating theses,\nwhich affects their personal life, and the advertising sector, with two-thirds of respondents\nstated that they work in their free time, after hours, which affects their personal lives.
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