Sakshi had been working with ICICI Bank for four years. But now, it was time to say goodbye as she was ready to raise a family and she could not stick to a time regime due to a more demanding regime of motherhood. But her seniors at ICICI had a better idea. They allowed her to work flexi-hours and also remotely. Sakshi could keep her job and ICICI did not lose a good resource.

"We have sensitized our HR policy to make sure that we don't let a good resource leave the chain due to problems that can be worked around. Women have proved to be good assets for ICICI which is an equal opportunity company and we decided that we could allow them to work flexi-hours when they had personal demands to be met," says ICICI Group Vice Chair for insurance, security and asset management business Kalpana Morparia.

In fact, flexi-work option is one of the best perks now being offered by MNCs, especially to the female employees. With rising attrition rate, companies have started offering flexible work option to strike a healthy work life balance for employees and keep talent.

In flexi work option, an employee can easily maintain balance between the professional and personal commitments. Employee gets enough time to spend with the family as well as do office work with full dedication. Gayatri Rath, who is a Director with Oracle India, opted for flexible work option after maternity and this helped her in pursuing both her duties seriously, without giving up on her career. "I have been working flexi hours since I had my baby two years ago. It helps me spend quality time with my son in the evenings and I catch up on work after he sleeps at night," she says.