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from home has far more negative consequences than positive ones. The negatives hamper the work-life balance of professionals, as confirmed by all the employees. There are positives, but the negatives have outweighed the effect of those. Suppose organisations want to run a work from home policy entirely. In that case, they may need to run so if COVID 19 wave strikes again, they can work on the negatives and mitigate the problems as suggested by the recommendations. In that case, work from home can become much more tolerable. Few interviews indicated that the organisation did take some initiative to make the work from home modality bearable, like fixing a mandatory lunchtime where there will be no meeting, setting the work time after which there will be no work, etc. So, in this way, if organisations can solve the problems, working from home can have a good impact. The respondents back the recommendations of this paper, and it is thus considered that the recommendations if implemented, can make work from home policy much more suitable. This paper also shows that the hybrid modality is the most preferred. Every respondent likes this modality, and they believe this gives them the best work-life balance. Organisations can use a hybrid modality to provide the best work experience to their employees. Work from home modality is a perfect option to have. If this policy is implemented in the right way, then this can increase productivity, reduce stress and give employees a better work-life balance. The paper tried to portray the overall scenario of the WFH modality in our country. The paper's recommendations can help organisations achieve a better WFH experience for their employees. R eferences R éférences R eferencias 1. Adams, W. C. (2015). Conducting Semi-Structured Interviews. Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation , 1 (4), 492–505. https://doi.org/10.1002/ 9781119171386.ch19 2. Basak, S. (2021). Factors Affecting Work-Life Balance of Women in Bangladesh: A Study during COVID-19 Pandemic. Canadian Journal of Business and Information Studies , 38–48. https://doi.org/ 10.34104/cjbis.021.038048 3. Bellmann, L., &Hübler, O. (2020). Working from home, job satisfaction and work-life balance – robust or heterogeneous links? International Journal of Manpower , ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/ijm-10-2019-0458 4. Cruzes, D. S., Dybå, T., Runeson, P., &Höst, M. (2014). Case studies synthesis: a thematic, cross- case, and narrative synthesis worked example. Empirical Software Engineering , 20 (6), 1634–1665. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-014-9326-8 5. Eisenhardt, K. M. (1989). Building Theories from Case Study Research. Academy of Management Review , 14 (4), 532–550. https://doi.org/10.5465/ amr.1989.4308385 6. Irawanto, D. W., Novianti, K. R., & Roz, K. (2021). Work from Home: Measuring Satisfaction between Work-Life Balance and Work Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia. Economies , 9 (3), 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies9030096 7. K. M. EISENHARDT, & M. E. GRAEBNER. (2007). THEORY BUILDING FROM CASES: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES. Academy of Management Journal , 50 (1), 25–32. https://doi.org/ 10.5465/amj.2007.24160888 8. Karmaker, S. (2020, December 12). Working from Home: What Bangladesh’s top executives think about it . The Business Standard. https://www. tbsnews.net/feature/panorama/working-home-what- bangladeshs-top-executives-think-about-it-170569 9. Putri, A., & Amran, A. (2021). Employees’ Work-Life Balance Reviewed From Work From Home Aspect During COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Management Science and Information Technology , 1 (1), 30–34. https://doi.org/10.35870/ijmsit.v1i1.231 Impact of Work from Home (WFH) on the Work-Life Balance of Professionals Working in the Telecommunications and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Sector: An Exploratory Study in Bangladesh 80 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXII Issue IV Version I Year 2022 ( ) A © 2022 Global Journals