India, Dec. 4 -- After dedicating several gruelling years to the highly demanding Indian IT sector, a tech professional decided to relocate, accepting a Software Engineer role in Germany. In an Instagram post, he openly discussed how the understanding and execution of work-life balance differ dramatically across the two nations, emphasising that moving abroad fundamentally enhanced his career satisfaction and saved him from burnout.

"Back in 2013, I had just passed college, and I did not even know the term 'work-life balance' It's very common in Indian workplaces to burn out yourself and give 200%," techie Kaustav Banerjee wrote. He then went on to discuss the indifference of managers and higher-ups, the hardship of taking leaves, and cl...